[bhousel]

Currently, just open one term window to do the 'ssh -L', and a second window to do the 'nc'.

This enhancement just saves me the trouble of opening a term window.

[andrewvc]

Well, the big advantage is it doesn't listen on a port, which means if the system in question has a crazy local firewall policy, this works better. Also, on a multi-user system, this is more secure as other users cannot connect to this port.

Plus, I'd rather use one command than two, makes scripting easier.