This service is often referred to as the "system wide proxy server".
Posix packages should install this proxy server as a system service and
update the firewall rules to allow access to its IANA assigned TCP port
(14500
).
This service makes it possible to start and access sessions through a single authenticated port.
The start-via-proxy=yes
option allows servers to start
their sessions via this service so that they are registered correctly
with the local seats management system (pam
/
logind
), which should prevent early termination if their
controlling shell is destroyed (ie: if the SSH
session they
are started from is terminated).