To VPN or not to VPN... [was Re: MAC addresses, hostnames, and DHCP]

[Paul Lussier]

Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com> writes:

> On Dec 1, 2005, at 12:53, Paul Lussier wrote:
>
>> It's not going to work that well
>
> What do you mean?  It works perfectly for me.

Really?  Huh, interesting.  I guess I haven't thought about it enough,
and my gut reaction was, "That'll never work, or not well if it
does."  

>> , and it's a lot easier to disconnect
>> from ssh, and re-establisht that connection.
>
> Not if you have a dozen windows open.  How is that easier?
>> If you need state on the remote machine maintained, use screen
>
> Doesn't help with the local window count

I guess it has a lot to do with your usage model.  I open all
"windows" on the remote system.  My definition of "window" is a single
shell instance.  I run most of these in a single xterm within screen.

I currently have 7 different screen sessions running with a total of
71 shell instances within them.  Most of these shell instances are ssh
sessions to other systems, some contain instances of emacs, etc.