Automatic tunnels are configured with the Tectia Connections Configuration GUI.
Open the tool from the Windows taskbar notification area by right-clicking the Tectia icon and selecting Configuration.
Select Automatic Tunnels in the tree menu and click Add to open the Automatic Tunnel dialog box.
Fill in the fields as follows:
Type: Select the type of the tunnel from the drop-down list. Available types are TCP and FTP.
Listen port: Define the number of a local port that Tectia Client listens to and that the applications connect to. Do not use a reserved port number.
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The protocol or application for which you wish to create the tunnel may have a fixed port number (for example, 143 for IMAP and 25 for SMTP) that it needs to use to connect successfully. Other protocols or applications may require an offset (for example, 5900 for VNC) that you will have to take into account. |
Allow local connections only: Leave this option selected if you want to allow only local connections to be made. This means that other computers will not be able to use the tunnel you created. By default, only local connections are allowed. This is the right choice for most situations. You should carefully consider the security implications if you decide to also allow outside connections.
Destination host: This field defines the destination host for the tunnel.
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The destination host address is resolved after the Secure Shell connection has
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Destination port: The destination port defines the port to which the tunneled connection is made on the destination host.
Tunnel using profile: Select a connection profile through which the tunnel will be created. See Creating Connection Profiles for instructions on creating connection profiles.
To edit an automatic tunnel, select the tunnel from the list and click Edit.
To delete an automatic tunnel, select the tunnel from the list and click Delete.