[unsnap_biceps]

I'm presuming this is pretty similar to https://www.stunnel.org

We would use stunnel rather than SSH for non-interactive usages. Having an active stunnel running all the time is safer than requiring a full SSH session being active.

[tptacek]

stunnel predates spiped by quite some time; spiped is a reaction to stunnel --- specifically, a network hole punch for people who trust neither OpenSSL nor OpenSSH's attack surface.

Today, most people would just use WireGuard for this.