What is the difference between SSH tunneling and port forwarding?

What is difference between tunneling and port forwarding?

port forwarding can be performed using only the data available in the network packet envelope. Tunneling requires inspection of the data inside the packet (at least to establish the tunnel). port forwarding is 'stateless' in the sense that all data matching the rules is forwarded.

What is SSH tunneling used for?

SSH tunneling is a method to transport additional data streams within an existing SSH session. SSH tunneling helps achieve security use cases such as remote web service access without exposing port on the internet, accessing server behind NAT, exposing local port to the internet.

What is port forwarding in SSH?

SSH port forwarding is a mechanism in SSH for tunneling application ports from the client machine to the server machine, or vice versa.

What is tunneling port?

Tunneling, also known as "port forwarding," is the transmission of data intended for use only within a private, usually corporate network through a public network in such a way that the routing nodes in the public network are unaware that the transmission is part of a private network.