It gives you most of the benefits of VPN, without requiring tun/tap and without needing root on the remote box -- all you need is the ability to run python. Very useful if you're on an insecure network and you want to tunnel everything over a secure connection, or if you have SSH access to a box inside your firewall and want to access other resources without having to specify each port individually.
It gives you most of the benefits of VPN, without requiring tun/tap and without needing root on the remote box -- all you need is the ability to run python. Very useful if you're on an insecure network and you want to tunnel everything over a secure connection, or if you have SSH access to a box inside your firewall and want to access other resources without having to specify each port individually.