The use of SSH private tunnels as a “poor man’s VPN” is pretty common. When doing so, you can easily tunnel (map) traffic destined to specific ports thru the tunnel to their intended destination.
Common Ports:
- CVS: L2401
- SVN: L3690
- git: L9418 tcp
- mysql: L3306
- rdp: L3389 tcp
- socks4/socks5: D1080 (no host required)
REFERENCES:
- http://privatetunnels.com/tutorials/how_to/set_up_ssh_tunnels_with_firefox_and_putty
- http://www.adamfowlerit.com/2013/01/05/using-firefox-with-a-putty-ssh-tunnel-as-a-socks-proxy/