I use a lot ssh tunnels of all kinds, they are very for mapping local/remote ports to remote/local servers: database sockets, http ports etc. Combined with prox

I use a lot ssh tunnels of all kinds, they are very for mapping local/remote ports to remote/local servers: database sockets, http ports etc. Combined with proxy.pac you can seamlessly access different remote resources from the browser. I wrote a small gui application for mac/linux to start tunnels and control them via notification area (menu in macos) icon.