I think you want multiplexing: https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSSH/Cookbook/Multiplexing https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSSH/Cookbook/Multiplexin... I

I think you want multiplexing: https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSSH/Cookbook/Multiplexing https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSSH/Cookbook/Multiplexin... It creates a control socket that lasts up to x minutes after your last session closes, so for me, all day + 15 minutes, which then new connections go over instead of re-athenticating. Many places disable it for "security" reasons.