I'm sure you could set up a VPN on your home WiFi, forward its ports, and login from an external WiFi, assuming the relevant ports aren't blocked on the externa

I'm sure you could set up a VPN on your home WiFi, forward its ports, and login from an external WiFi, assuming the relevant ports aren't blocked on the external network you're on (in that case, I hear stunnel works wonders). I too would rather do this. Trusting Amazon with my personal development setup doesn't sound like a good idea; they have the power to shut that down completely at the click of a button.