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libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip_ex(3)				  libssh2 manual				libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip_ex(3)

NAME
       libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip_ex - Tunnel a TCP connection through an SSH session

SYNOPSIS
       #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);

DESCRIPTION
       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.

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

ERRORS
       LIBSSH2_ERROR_ALLOC -  An internal memory allocation call failed.

SEE ALSO
       libssh2_session_init_ex(3)

libssh2 0.15							    1 Jun 2007					libssh2_channel_direct_tcpip_ex(3)