Instead of an SSH tunnel, I route a web address and use a VirtualHost to access local ports. For example, I route http://blah.example.com http://blah.example.c

Instead of an SSH tunnel, I route a web address and use a VirtualHost to access local ports. For example, I route http://blah.example.com http://blah.example.com to my home server, then use VirtualHost to route blah.example.come to port 8080