libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip_ex - Man Page

#include <libssh2.h>

LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *
libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip_ex(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session,
                                const char *host, int port,
                                const char *shost, int sport);

LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *
libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session,
                             const char *host, int port);

session - Session instance as returned by libssh2_session_init_ex(3)

host - Third party host to connect to using the SSH host as a proxy.

port - Port on third party host to connect to.

shost - Host to tell the SSH server the connection originated on.

sport - Port to tell the SSH server the connection originated from.

Tunnel a TCP/IP connection through the SSH transport via the remote host to a third party. Communication from the client to the SSH server remains encrypted, communication from the server to the 3rd party host travels in cleartext.

Pointer to a newly allocated LIBSSH2_CHANNEL instance, or NULL on errors.

LIBSSH2_ERROR_ALLOC -  An internal memory allocation call failed.

libssh2_session_init_ex(3)

libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip(3).