X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fusing.but;h=a2d8c271a348034a7af1e3b1846bcad765ac8551;hb=068b67d2f6e9b186b3107ebcb1e88a141b7b5ebc;hp=feb42454e66508e545a7648e2d04765725aced94;hpb=8ba3e8ce772b0a772faa2ff8fa353b03723653b1;p=PuTTY.git diff --git a/doc/using.but b/doc/using.but index feb42454..a2d8c271 100644 --- a/doc/using.but +++ b/doc/using.but @@ -368,12 +368,12 @@ For more options relating to X11 forwarding, see \k{config-ssh-x11}. \H{using-port-forwarding} Using \i{port forwarding} in SSH -The SSH protocol has the ability to forward arbitrary \i{network -connection}s over your encrypted SSH connection, to avoid the network -traffic being sent in clear. For example, you could use this to -connect from your home computer to a \i{POP-3} server on a remote -machine without your POP-3 password being visible to network -sniffers. +The SSH protocol has the ability to forward arbitrary \I{network +connection}network (TCP) connections over your encrypted SSH +connection, to avoid the network traffic being sent in clear. For +example, you could use this to connect from your home computer to a +\i{POP-3} server on a remote machine without your POP-3 password being +visible to network sniffers. In order to use port forwarding to \I{local port forwarding}connect from your local machine to a port on a remote server, you need to: