> I've seen socat, and I could use it as you described. My only > objection to this solution is that there is an unneeded process in the > middle that just pipes data around... > > (Instead of socat, I think it would be more efficient to just write > a simple application that uses the "new" Linux syscall "splice" that > I've just found by mistake yesterday...) In that case you need to fix socat to use splice() when available. I have a hard time believing socat adds measurable overhead, especially if you're already tunnelling over ssh. Paul -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs