wok-6.x diff autossh/description.txt @ rev 23388
updated perl-proc-processtable (0.45 -> 0.59)
author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Tue Mar 31 16:27:39 2020 +0100 (2020-03-31) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/autossh/description.txt Tue Mar 31 16:27:39 2020 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ 1.4 +**autossh** is a program to start an instance of ssh and monitor it, 1.5 +restarting it as necessary should it die or stop passing traffic. The idea is 1.6 +from rstunnel (Reliable SSH Tunnel), but implemented in C. Connection 1.7 +monitoring is done using a loop of port forwardings. It backs off on the rate 1.8 +of connection attempts when experiencing rapid failures such as connection 1.9 +refused.