Motty
Networking

Port forwarding

Local, remote, SOCKS5 and HTTP CONNECT rules, jump routes, proxies and X11.

New port forward dialog

Rules

Local, remote, SOCKS5 and HTTP CONNECT rules are:

  • loopback-only: they listen on the loopback interface,
  • persisted with the host,
  • started explicitly.

A tunnel stops with the SSH tab that owns it.

Jump routes

A jump route verifies and authenticates every hop independently, each against its own host key and credentials.

Outbound proxy

An outbound SOCKS5 or HTTP proxy carries the initial connection.

X11 forwarding

X11 forwarding validates a per-session fake cookie from the remote client before replacing it with the local Xauthority cookie, so the real cookie never reaches the server.

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