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How does the data throughput compare to cloudflare or wireguard?
Haven't done any comparisons, but I'm using this in cases where my throughput isn't too important. I can stream my webcam over it in HD, establish an rdp connection, ssh back through, and control web interfaces like octoprint. It's acceptable.
The big advantage is that a $2/month vps gets a static IP, therefore I don't have to worry about a VPN provider changing the IP or blocking ports.
Tunneling an encrypted connection through an encrypted connection is pretty much always a bad idea but when you're evading CGnat or other network blocks, sometimes it's the best we can conjure up on a whim.
I'm the grandparent commenter, not the parent commenter, but for my very limited use, it's not noticeable, but I'm also typically just giving a remote machine access to a local web service. I'm not trying to tunnel anything bulk (or where latency is critical, which I'd think might be a larger issue).
The one thing I can say, though, without digging up numbers: ssh is fundamentally TCP-based. It forces ordering on anything it transports. While there are ways to cram UDP through an SSH tunnel, that's gonna impose an unwanted constraint. if you want to provide access to anything that natively runs on UDP, I'd probably look into a UDP-based VPN -- like Wireguard -- that doesn't do that.