4.25.2.4. Configuring local and remote forwarding

Remote port-forwarding transfers connections arriving to a port of the server to the client. The client sends a global-tcpip-forward request to the server. The parameters of this request tell the server which address and port it should listen on for incoming connections ( bind_address, bind_port). When the server receives a connection to this address/port pair, it opens a forwarded-tcpip towards the client. The parameters of these requests are summarized in the following tables.

Remote TCP forwarding

Figure 4.1. Remote TCP forwarding

global-tcpip-forward
Connections arriving to the specified IP address and port of the server are forwarded to the client.
bind_address

The server forwards connections received on this address to the client. The following special addresses may be used:

  • The "" parameter means that connections are to be accepted on all protocol families supported by the SSH implementation.

  • The 0.0.0.0 parameter means to listen on all IPv4 addresses.

  • The :: parameter means to listen on all IPv6 addresses.

  • The localhost parameter means to listen on all protocol families supported by the SSH implementation on loopback addresses only ([RFC3330] and [RFC3513]).

  • The 127.0.0.1 and ::1 parameters indicate listening on the loopback interfaces for IPv4 and IPv6, respectively.

bind_portThe server forwards connections received on this port to the client.
forwarded-tcpip
Opens a channel used to forward remote connections to the client.
connected_addrThe IP address of the server that received the connection.
connected_portThe port of the server that received the connection.
originator_addrThe IP address of the remote host whose connection is forwarded to the client.
originator_portThe port of the remote host whose connection is forwarded to the client

Local port-forwarding transfers connections arriving to the client from a host to a remote host via the SSH server. For local port-forwarding, the client sends a direct-tcpip channel opening request to the server. The parameters of this request tell the server which host it should forward the connection, as well as the address of the host that connects to the client (usually localhost). This request has the following parameters.

Local TCP forwarding

Figure 4.2. Local TCP forwarding

direct-tcpip
Opens a channel used to forward remote connections to the client.
originator_addrThe IP address of the host whose connection is forwarded to the remote host.
originator_portThe port of the host whose connection is forwarded to the remote host.
host_addrThe IP address of the remote host that is the destination of the forwarded connection.
host_portThe port of the remote host that is the destination of the forwarded connection.
Example 4.47. Restricting local forwarding

The following proxy class permits local forwading only to port 80 of the 192.168.1.1 remote host. Only shell and local forwarding channels are permitted.

class RestrictedlocalforwardSshProxy(SshProxy):
        def config(self):
                SshProxy.config(self)
                self.client_channel["session"] = (SSH_CHAN_ACCEPT)
                self.client_channel["direct-tcpip"] = (SSH_CHAN_ACCEPT)
                self.client_request["direct-tcpip"] = (SSH_REQ_POLICY, self.controllocalforward)
                self.client_channel["*"] = (SSH_CHAN_REJECT)
        def controllocalforward(self, side, index, request):
                if request.host_address == "192.168.1.1" and request.host_port == "80":
                    return SSH_REQ_ACCEPT
                return SSH_REQ_REJECT
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