[dorian-graph]

If you route /all/ traffic on your computer through SSH, are there any downsides? Like, latency or some sites restricting you from accessing (Sounds silly, I know, as the idea is to have open access to all websites but I thought it may be a possibility), online multiplayer, etc?

Or would it be more reasonable to route only select data like HTTP, FTP and email? I s'pose any instant-messaging too..

[morganpyne]

Actually, this came up recently here on HN, referring to a rather old article entitled "Why TCP Over TCP Is A Bad Idea". Discussion and link to original article here: http://apps.ycombinator.com/item?id=2409090

Bottom line; use UDP for your tunnels and a proper VPN.

[dorian-graph]

Thank you for the link!

[dzderic]

Try something like OpenVPN which uses UDP, which in my experience is much faster than a SSH tunnel.