9 Feb
2014
9 Feb
'14
7:51 p.m.
On Sun, 09 Feb 2014 18:14:12 +0000 Ken Smith kens@kensnet.org wrote:
Its down to the question about what you are needing to do. If you just need SSH access then SSH direct without VPN is just fine. SSH itself is encrypted and the VPN just encrypts the already encrypted traffic again and just slows things down.
Direct SSH access might be impossible if the remote machine is behind a NAT. Using SSH through VPN is a very convenient solution in those cases. I also happen to use OpenVPN, for precisely that reason.
HTH, :-) Marko