Quoting arguellodw <arguellodw@xxxxxxxxx>:
Hello all, I'm having a difficult time understanding the difference between these two local tunnels.
There is indeed very little difference. The only difference is that when sshd on the remote host goes to connect to the target port of the forward, in one case it will connect to "localhost" (127.0.0.1), while in the other case it will connect to its own IP address, whatever that is. It's possible this can make a difference, though, if you're using VNC (as I suspect you are from the port number) and are starting Xvnc with the `localhost' option. In that case, I would guess, you can't connect using the name of the remote host; you would have to say "localhost". -- Scott
