Port Forwarding

WebSSH's Tunnel feature will let you to enable Local Port Forwarding (LPF) and Dynamic Port Forwarding (DPF).

Local Port Forwarding and Dynamic Port Forwarding are both techniques used in SSH tunneling, but they have different use cases.

Here's a little table summarizing the key differences :

Feature	Local Port Forwarding	Dynamic Port Forwarding
Purpose	Forward traffic from a local port to a remote host/service	Create a SOCKS proxy for accessing multiple remote services
Security	Provides secure access to a specific remote service	Can potentially provide access to multiple remote services
Example Usage	Accessing a web server on a remote host	Accessing multiple remote services through a proxy

In summary, SSH Local Port Forwarding is used to forward traffic from a specific local port to a specific remote host/service, while Dynamic Port Forwarding is used to create a SOCKS proxy that can be used to access multiple remote services.

Both are simple to use, and can be configured in WebSSH by following the instructions below :

Local Port Forwarding Dynamic Port Forwarding

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Last update: April 18, 2023