[stunnel-users] UDP End-points

Sat Nov 6 22:20:52 CET 2004

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On Wednesday 03 of November 2004 22:18, Les Niles wrote:
> Pardon my ignorance, but why not run PPP over stunnel and
> then UDP over that?  No new encapsulation to invent.

PPP over stunnel is not always a good idea since it enables bidirectional 
traffic for all IP services between the two hosts.  Such policy will often 
bypass firewall rules creating a security hole.

Of course if you don't care about traffic control PPP an option.

Best regards,
    Mike
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