[NTLUG:Discuss] Stunnel

[brian at pongonova.net]

On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 10:44:44AM -0600, Leroy Tennison wrote:
> I think I know the answer to this question but thought I would get 
> confirmation.  Does anyone know of a way to set up an stunnel client 
> where it can connect to a given service on any remote machine without 
> having to use a different port for each remote host and key that into 
> stunnel's configuration file?  If so, please post the solution.  Thanks.


Something like this will work:

ssh -C -L 8000:192.168.0.1:8000 1.2.3.4

then point your browser (or whatever) to 127.0.0.1:8000

I use this all the time to access web-based firewalls
that aren't accessible remotely.

(I'm working from memory here, as all of mine are aliases, but I
believe the syntax is close.)

  --Brian