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SSH Port Forwarding
by  Brian Hatch
last updated January 6, 2005

Introduction
SSH is typically used for logging into remote servers so you have shell 
access to do maintenance, read your email, restart services, or whatever 
administration you require. SSH also offers some other native services, 
such as file copy (using scp and sftp) and remote command execution 
(using ssh with a command on the command line after the hostname).

http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1816