A Visual Guide to SSH Tunnels: Local and Remote Port Forwarding
This.<p>Port forwarding goes both ways.<p>I may, or may not, have used ssh forwarding and reversing forwarding to create a shadow IT tunnel(s) between my home and work when VPN was acting up.<p>Also, SOCKS proxy is very useful if you can puncture a hole home and your work requires a proxy to access the World Wide Web from the office location.