# What Is an SSH Tunnel? SSH Tunneling Explained

DevFeed: [What Is an SSH Tunnel? SSH Tunneling Explained](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-is-an-ssh-tunnel-ssh-tunneling-explained-29878.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/ssh-tunneling-explained/>)

Author: sakshyam.shah@goteleport.com (Sakshyam Shah)

Published: 2021-10-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ssh.md>), [OpenSSH](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openssh.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [Firewall](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firewall.md>)

Tags: [commands](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/commands.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [openssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openssh.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssh.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how SSH tunneling transports network traffic through an encrypted SSH session. It covers OpenSSH tunneling and port-forwarding techniques, including when to use them, copy-ready commands, and security and scalability trade-offs.

## Source excerpt

SSH tunneling transports data streams within an existing SSH session. This post explains different tunneling techniques and features as supported by OpenSSH.