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annotate autossh/description.txt @ rev 21463
updated mobile-broadband-provider-info and mobile-broadband-provider-info-dev (20120614 -> 20190116)
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Tue Apr 30 14:12:14 2019 +0100 (2019-04-30) |
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1 **autossh** is a program to start an instance of ssh and monitor it,
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2 restarting it as necessary should it die or stop passing traffic. The idea is
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3 from rstunnel (Reliable SSH Tunnel), but implemented in C. Connection
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4 monitoring is done using a loop of port forwardings. It backs off on the rate
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5 of connection attempts when experiencing rapid failures such as connection
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6 refused.
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