VPN over SSL /w UDP?

[Ben Scott]

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Gerry Hull <gerry at telosity.com> wrote:
> So, I was wondering if I'm crazy or what?   Can I use nc to protocol
> forward a range of UDP ports to TCP, and run them over a TCP tunnel?

  That might work at some level, but when you start tunneling UDP
streaming traffic (like a voice phone call) over TCP, you can get into
some really bad failure modes.  If you don't have any packet loss or
congestion, you'll be okay, but if you hit any of that, the TCP tunnel
will interact badly with the streaming protocol's attempts to
compensate.

  Put more succinctly: Voice call quality will randomly and suddenly
go into the toilet, where it will stay for several seconds or longer.

> ... I have little choice on my VPS ...

  Perhaps you should be looking for a better VPS?  :)

-- Ben