[python-ldap] connect via a socket object

[Michael Wood]

2011/5/30 Michael Ströder <michael at stroeder.com>:
> Salman Aljammaz wrote:
[...]
>> the alternative would be to set up an ssh tunnel.  i was thinking of
>> using paramiko and passing its connection to python-ldap.  the uglier
>> approach is to run /bin/ssh with port forwarding (-L) whenever the
>> connection is needed, which seems to be what i'll be doing :-)
>
> Using SSH tunneling (poor man's VPN) is a "privileged operation" too.

A normal user can set up an SSH tunnel.

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Michael Wood <esiotrot at gmail.com>