Comment by riobard
10 hours ago
There's a asymmetry here that "-R" works both for reverse static and dynamic (using SOCKS protocol) forwarding, but "-D" is required for dynamic forwarding which "-L" cannot do.
Why is that?
10 hours ago
There's a asymmetry here that "-R" works both for reverse static and dynamic (using SOCKS protocol) forwarding, but "-D" is required for dynamic forwarding which "-L" cannot do.
Why is that?
It's historical. Some older flags could be easily extended for dynamic port support and others could not.