Gnome SSH Tunnel Manager 1.2

Gnome SSH Tunnel Manager (gSTM) provides a convenient front-end for the cumbersome ssh commandline.

Tunnel configurations are stored in a simple XML format with support for both local and remote port redirection.

Tunnels can be individually started and stopped from the simple main dialog with the option to add or delete a tunnel or modify its preferences.

An SSH tunnel with port redirection is usefull to access services behind a *nix firewall/router. For example, if you have a Terminal Server (remote desktop) and a MySQL server on your private LAN and want to access them securely from outside, you just open an ssh connection with two port redirections. You can then connect to your localhost which will be redirected over the encrypted tunnel, through the firewall/router, to the remote host.