Reverse SSH tunnel monitor

Question

I've setup a reverse ssh tunnel, using PuTTY, to allow me to VNC into a home computer without having to enable NAT port forwarding. Works great, no problem.

I would like to set the tunnel up as a "persistent service" that will connect on boot up and reconnect when dropped. PS. this is on Windows.

Exhaustive googling found a few products but many seem to have been abandoned and none appear to have major "street cred."

• eztunnel ssh
• Easy Tunnel
• SSH Tunnel
• Persistent Tunnel
• MyEnTunnel
• Calling Home

Does anyone have experience with this type of thing or with any of these products? I don't need all the bells and whistles, just reliability.

Answer 1

Have you considered using plink and making it a service with srvany?

Answer 2

wikipedia's comparison of ssh clients has columns for tunnelling, SOCKS etc. may help you find something suitable

Answer 3

you can just set-up any application to start with windows and auto-connect your tunnel on startup. I personnally use Easytunnel... just checked the option to connect all tunnels on startup, and set-up windows to start Easytunnel on bootup. It works great, tho you'll need to set-up your server's inactivity timeout, or you will be disconnected every 10 minutes or so.

Hope you get it working!