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Bug 706314 - Allow setting up SSH tunnels from nm-connection-editor
Allow setting up SSH tunnels from nm-connection-editor
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: NetworkManager
Classification: Platform
Component: nm-connection-editor
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: NetworkManager maintainer(s)
NetworkManager maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-08-19 14:42 UTC by nodiscc
Modified: 2013-08-30 11:26 UTC
See Also:
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Description nodiscc 2013-08-19 14:42:55 UTC 
I would like to see SSH tunnels added to the list of available connection types in nm-connection-editor. It could appear in the "VPN" category, though this is technically incorrect, so it could have it's own category.

The fields to setup an SSH tunnel would be:
 * Connection Name
 * Login
 * Host
 * Port
 * Password (leave blank to use key authentication)
 * Checkbox: automatically connect
 * Port redirections list (Type, Port, To Host, To Port) with an add/remove button.

GSTM (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gstm/) already provides a GUI for this, but it's unmaintained and does not integrate well in the desktop.

Another interesting option is https://github.com/apenwarr/sshuttle/ - sshuttle integration in network-manager would definitely be a good alternative to iodine.
Comment 1 Pavel Simerda 2013-08-19 14:51:59 UTC 
There's no SSH tunnel support in the NetworkManager project itself. Please check out NetworkManager-ssh plugin at:

https://github.com/danfruehauf/NetworkManager-ssh

I don't know its exact status but it has been recently added to Fedora and the project maintainer seems to be pretty much responsive.
Comment 2 Dan Winship 2013-08-19 15:02:48 UTC 
I wouldn't say this is WONTFIX, although it's not something we're working on at the moment.
Comment 3 nodiscc 2013-08-19 15:05:13 UTC 
Thanks for the heads up on https://github.com/danfruehauf/NetworkManager-ssh, I will try to get it packaged for Debian.

I'm fine with WONTFIX, there's no need to duplicate efforts if this project is already working on it.
Comment 4 Pavel Simerda 2013-08-30 11:26:14 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> Thanks for the heads up on https://github.com/danfruehauf/NetworkManager-ssh, I
> will try to get it packaged for Debian.
> 
> I'm fine with WONTFIX, there's no need to duplicate efforts if this project is
> already working on it.

Granted.

(In reply to comment #2)
> I wouldn't say this is WONTFIX, although it's not something we're working on at
> the moment.

Using NOTABUG then as another project provides the necessary plugins. Feel free to contact Dan Fruehauf directly if you want to see more cooperation between the projects.