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JSSHTunnel is a lightweight GUI application which forwards local & remote ports over SSH connections. It is written in Java and uses Eclipse SWT & JSch. All you need is a JVM to run it.

Ive released version 0.0.0, it is under GPL and will be available on SourceForge.net shortly.

Features & Limitations in 0.0.0:
# Targetted at Windows platform, comes with a Windows-based installer, other platforms will follow
# Resides in the System Tray when minimised
# Requires a 1.4 or 1.5 JVM on the target machine (works with the Sun & Microsoft JVMs)
# Currently only supports one connection, with a single local forward (hey, its only a proof of concept release)
# Connection details (including passwords) are stored in plaintext form in its XML configuration file %USERPROFILE%\.jsshtunnel.xml
# Since its just the very first release it is quite basic, but it works... read more