Poor man VPN

sshuttle -vNHr usernmae@server [Remote Network]
sshuttle -vNHr vpnuser@vpn.testdomain.com:1234 192.168.1.0/24

For sshuttle to work, you don’t need any special setup on the server side beyond a standard SSH server configuration. However, there are a few things to ensure:

1. SSH Access

• The SSH server must be running and accessible from your client machine.
• You need valid SSH credentials (username and password, or preferably, an SSH key) to log in to the server.

2. Root Privileges (Optional)

• sshuttle works best if the SSH user has root privileges on the server. This allows sshuttle to set up the necessary routing and firewall rules automatically.
• If the SSH user does not have root privileges, sshuttle can still work, but it will use a slower method (using --python mode) that doesn’t require root access on the server.

3. Python on the Server

• sshuttle requires Python to be installed on the server. Most Linux distributions come with Python pre-installed, but if it’s missing, you’ll need to install it.

4. Firewall Rules

• Ensure that the server’s firewall (e.g., iptables, ufw) allows SSH traffic (port 22 by default) and doesn’t block the traffic that sshuttle will route through the SSH connection.

5. DNS (Optional)

• If you want sshuttle to handle DNS requests as well (so that DNS queries are also routed through the VPN), you can use the --dns option. This requires that the server can resolve DNS queries.