Skip to content
This repository has been archived by the owner on Apr 19, 2024. It is now read-only.

Allow hostname in "Source port" field in SSH tunnel configuration #258

Open
vovcacik opened this issue Sep 29, 2016 · 0 comments
Open

Allow hostname in "Source port" field in SSH tunnel configuration #258

vovcacik opened this issue Sep 29, 2016 · 0 comments

Comments

@vovcacik
Copy link
Contributor

Hi,
putty lets you specify an IP address in "Source port" input field on "Tunnels" configuration tab, but I would really like if I could specify a hostname instead.

Example:

  • instead of Source port: "127.0.0.99:8080" -> Destination: "localhost:8080"
  • something like Source port: "apache99:8080" -> Destination: "localhost:8080"
  • apache99 is alias for 127.0.0.99

Managing tunnels like this has some nice features. Hosts file (in case of Windows) is single source of truth when it comes to translating service aliases to IPs. Assigning remote server a unique local IP address (127.0.0.99) lets you work with the remote services transparently (no port reassign, browsers don't mix up saved passwords together etc.).

Sign up for free to subscribe to this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in.
Projects
None yet
Development

No branches or pull requests

2 participants