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by SoftTalker 668 days ago
> Common ssh (port) forwarding has lots of shortcomings

What are the shortcomings? It always works very well when I use it.

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Biggest problem is that manually adding/removing forwards in a session is a hassle. There is no standard way to communicate (to user or to ssh client) that application wants something forwarded. Finally tcp sockets do not have any sort of access control, which is problem especially on server-side.

Smaller problem is that because the applications all appear as localhost you lose some of the compartmentalization that browsers have, so different applications might end up seeing each others cookies/localstorage/cache/etc.