TCP/IP port forwarding functionality about sshlibrary

[spooning]

Originally submitted to Google Code by alexnikitchuk on 11 May 2011

PS Sorry, can't change type from "Issue" to "Enhancement"

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Originally submitted to Google Code by @yanne on 25 Sep 2011

This seems to be a valid enhancement idea.

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Originally submitted to Google Code by @yanne on 24 Aug 2012

Due to some time pressure, this will not be included in 1.1.

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Originally submitted to Google Code by @spooning on 31 Jul 2013

How should this functionality work in practice? Should new keywords be added to enable/disable port-forwarding or should it be a configured when connections are opened?

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Originally submitted to Google Code by ilmari.k... on 4 Sep 2013

At least in openssh client port forwarding is done when the connection opened. This functionality would be helpful.

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Originally submitted to Google Code by @asyrjasalo on 16 Sep 2013

I assume that "Local Port Forwarding" (case #1 at http://chamibuddhika.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/ssh-tunnelling-explained/) is meant by this request.

In practice, the local port should be configurable on library import, with keyword Set Default Configuration or as an argument to Open Connection.

Please verify that this is what you need.

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Originally submitted to Google Code by ilmari.k... on 16 Sep 2013

This is what I need. :)

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Originally submitted to Google Code by @asyrjasalo on 17 Sep 2013

This turned out to be harder to implement than expected and likely won't make into 1.2 (expected release this week), but will definitely go into 1.3.

[pchomik]

Is it still valid?
As a base I used this example: https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/blob/master/demos/forward.py and forwarding with RobotFramework-SSHLibrary is working.

[stasiek]

@pchomik are You interested in providing a pull request for this issue?

[hellt]

I would love to see local port forwarding been incorporated in SSHLibrary. This will make a very useful feature!

[hellt]

@pchomik do you have an example to share?

[kevinkjt2000]

Looks like #224 is taking a crack at designing this?

[mihaiparvu]

Fixed by #234