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port forwarding on linux without root or ssh

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I was wondering whether it is possible to get port forwarding without being root or ssh. Currently I do Using ssh can get you certain benefits like creating encrypted tunnels etc. In the above example I don't do that so using ssh seems unnecessary overhead. Is there an easier way to do this? I supp…

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ssh -L 20080:othermachine:80 localhost

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i would also prefer ssh BECAUSE of the encryption, but 'socat' should work fine for you as well.

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