#CREATE SSH TUNNEL PUTTY HOW TO#
#CREATE SSH TUNNEL PUTTY MANUAL#

you can access the ftp server directly but you don't want to send your data (username/password/files) without encryption over the internet.

you cannot access the ftp server directly (external connections to the ftp server are blocked for security reasons), or.

Possible uses: your PC is on your home network, the SSH and FTP servers are behind your company's router/firewall, and: Then execute Filezilla client using:Įncryption: Only use plain FTP (insecure)

#CREATE SSH TUNNEL PUTTY MANUAL#

(See also Tunnel in the manual page of sshconfig(5).) Note that this requires OpenSSH (and probably root privileges) at both ends. Using the -w or Tunnel option in the ssh client, you can create a tun device at both ends, which can be used to forward any kind of IP traffic. If you want to forward multiple ports, PuTTY will let you forward more than one port by putting in their information one at a time and 'Add'ing them repeat to add as many as you need to configure. SSH (at least OpenSSH) has support for simple VPNs. Use 'Add new forwarded port' section to add the new ports you want to forward. Proxy port: XXXX (the SSH tunnel source port number, see PuTTY configuration above)įirst execute PuTTY to create the desired SSH tunnel (you will be asked to provide username/password to login to the SSH server). Put in source port 2222, and destination localhost:80. The two categories you'll need to edit are 'Session' and 'ConnectionSSHTunnels'. When you open PuTTY, you're met with the PuTTY Configuration dialog. Select 'Edit/Settings/Connection/Generic proxy' Since SSH uses port 22, we'll use each SSH connection to tunnel a local port to the next server's port 22.Source Port: XXXX (5000 for instance, or any other unused high number)įileZilla configuration (for version 3.46.3 or similar): Keep the default port of 22, unless it was changed on the server to a. In the Host Name (or IP address) field, enter the name of the server, or the IP address.

Port: SSH server port number (22 by default) To create a SSH tunnel, use the following steps: Open the Putty application on the machine you will use to connect to the Plex server. PuTTY configuration (for release 0.67 or similar): You must have an account to login to this host. The SSH server is a remote host that runs a SSH service (typically a Linux/Unix/BSD host).

#CREATE SSH TUNNEL PUTTY HOW TO#

In this mode, PuTTY acts as a proxy server. This article will show you how to use the popular terminal emulator PuTTY to create a SSH tunnel to pass VNC traffic which is normally unencrypted.

Configure PuTTY to create a SSH tunnel between your local PC and a SSH server using DYNAMIC port forwarding.

Configure FileZilla to use your local PC as a (generic proxy) SOCKS 5 server.

Filezilla FTP Client/Your local PC SSH server FTP serverĬonnection 1 is encrypted using the SSH protocol. Open up the SSH option in the category pane in PuTTY and then select the Tunnels option as shown in the screenshot below.

How to create a SSH tunnel to encrypt a plain (insecure) ftp connection using FileZilla client & PuTTY

Create ssh tunnel putty