From d56f587847c1025b5a1a5f1c745ec6b348bf8b7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jacob Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 01:04:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document effect of settings changes on existing connections/forwardings. Also mention that service names can be used instead of port numbers. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@5283 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/config.but | 17 +++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but index 9ba5f37e..3566d5d0 100644 --- a/doc/config.but +++ b/doc/config.but @@ -2443,11 +2443,15 @@ address to listen on, by specifying (for instance) \c{127.0.0.5:79}. See \k{using-port-forwarding} for more information on how this works and its restrictions. +In place of port numbers, you can enter service names, if they are +known to the local system. For instance, in the \q{Destination} box, +you could enter \c{popserver.example.com:pop3}. + You can modify the currently active set of port forwardings in -mid-session using \q{Change Settings}. If you delete a local or -dynamic port forwarding in mid-session, PuTTY will stop listening -for connections on that port, so it can be re-used by another -program. If you delete a remote port forwarding, note that: +mid-session using \q{Change Settings} (see \k{using-changesettings}). +If you delete a local or dynamic port forwarding in mid-session, PuTTY +will stop listening for connections on that port, so it can be re-used +by another program. If you delete a remote port forwarding, note that: \b The SSHv1 protocol contains no mechanism for asking the server to stop listening on a remote port. @@ -2463,6 +2467,11 @@ although the port cannot be reused by another program, you can at least be reasonably sure that server-side programs can no longer access the service at your end of the port forwarding. +If you delete a forwarding, any existing connections established using +that forwarding remain open. Similarly, changes to global settings +such as \q{Local ports accept connections from other hosts} only take +effect on new forwardings. + \S{config-ssh-portfwd-localhost} Controlling the visibility of forwarded ports -- 2.11.0