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HTTP Tunnels with SSH Client

Reverse SSH tunnel ssh -R is an alternative mechanism for creating a tunnel without installing and using the tuna client. A standard SSH client is used to create the tunnel, which is typically present in all Unix-like operating systems.

Attention

The feature is in BETA testing stage. Currently, only HTTP tunnels with dynamic subdomain creation are supported.

Running

First, add your public SSH key, and immediately after that you can connect. For example, an HTTP tunnel for a service on port 8080:

ssh -R 443:localhost:8080 ssh-ru.tuna.am http