I often do port forwarding to access remote web servers with this command:

```
ssh user@remotehost -L 1234:localhost:1234

```

So now I can enter <http://localhost:1234> in my browser to access the remote host's web server. What I want to do now is use a name other than localhost. For example, is it possible to invoke ssh with some argument such that I can enter <http://remotealias:1234> in my browser to access the remote web server? This is particularly useful when I'm running other services in my local machine on port 1234 at the same time (and don't want to remember many port:host tunnel mappings).

If it's not possible with the ssh command alone, I'm also interested in solutions that require editing some local configuration in my machine to make it work as described.