Automatically connect to Wi-Fi nodes, but route everything through encryption Related to my question about VPNs, is there any way to get my phone to automatically connect to unencrypted access points, but route all my traffic through my home network?

This would be kind of like an intermittent, but free, alternative to a data plan, to just sync my email and such automatically when it sees an open access point, but without the risk of apps transmitting passwords or cookies in the clear over a rogue password-scraping access point.

If I combine something like Wi-Fi Ruler with a VPN would it do this?  Are there better alternatives?

Can I have the VPN automatically disabled when I'm connected to a trusted (saved) access point for better speed?  (Maybe disabled by a Tasker profile?)  If I have the tunnel enabled, and my home network is offline, I'd like the phone to block everything until I explicitly disable the tunnel.

Wi-Fi Ruler can connect to APs automatically, Orbot and DroidVPN can capture all of a rooted phone's traffic and route it through a proxy, and VPNs and SSH tunnels allow for encrypted connections to a home or work network, so it seems possible, but how to put all this together?
Lifehacker suggests an app called SSH Tunnel:


  SSH Tunnel is an app that allows an
  Android phone to connect to the
  internet using an ssh tunnel for a
  completely secure connection. It's
  great for those times when you've got
  no data signal, stuck at work or a
  coffee shop that only has public Wi-Fi
  available, and you need to be sure
  that nobody is snooping your sensitive
  personal information as you connect to
  sites.