sshuttle: where transparent proxy meets VPN meets ssh
As far as I know, sshuttle is the only program that solves the following common case:
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Your client machine (or router) is Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS or Windows.
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You have access to a remote network via ssh.
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You don't necessarily have admin access on the remote network.
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The remote network has no VPN, or only stupid/complex VPN protocols (IPsec, PPTP, etc). Or maybe you are the admin and you just got frustrated with the awful state of VPN tools.
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You don't want to create an ssh port forward for every single host/port on the remote network.
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You hate openssh's port forwarding because it's randomly slow and/or stupid.
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You can't use openssh's PermitTunnel feature because it's disabled by default on openssh servers; plus it does TCP-over-TCP, which has
terrible performance_.
.. _terrible performance: https://sshuttle.readthedocs.io/en/stable/how-it-works.html
Obtaining sshuttle
Please see the documentation_.
.. _Documentation: https://sshuttle.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html
Documentation
The documentation for the stable version is available at: https://sshuttle.readthedocs.org/
The documentation for the latest development version is available at: https://sshuttle.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
Running as a service
Sshuttle can also be run as a service and configured using a config management system: https://medium.com/@mike.reider/using-sshuttle-as-a-service-bec2684a65fe