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SISH is an open-source port forwarding service and serves as an alternative to serveo and ngrok. It utilizes an SSH client to generate HTTPS and TCP Tunnels for the local machine. It is used to create an SSH server that will manage forwarding tasks, and it can function with HTTP and HTTPS traffic. For handling proxy HTTP traffic, change the port number to 80, and for HTTPS, use 443. It supports several types of forwarding like HTTP, TCP, and TCP alias forwarding. You can create an ssh instance using Dockerhub, Docker Compose, and Google Cloud Platform.

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    ServeoFree

    Serveo is an easy-to-use service that allows the user to publicize their localhost servers to the internet. It is an SSH server and requires an SSH client to perform remote port forwarding. It is a hassle-free service and needs no installation or registration, and the only thing required is that the user copies a command line into their terminal and executes it to link to Serveo. Once the connection is successful, Serveo will assign them a public URL, which the user can give to anyone to allow them to connect to their local server.

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    Portmap.io is a highly reliable port forwarding service that makes a local application shareable on the internet by giving it a URL. You have to build a VPN tunnel to create a link between the local computer & the webserver and specify a rule that will communicate requests from the internet by passing through the server to your PC. This process is easy to accomplish by using the free-to-use version of OpenVPN software.

    The core features of Portmap.io is that it supports HTTP/HTTPS, UDP, TCP, giving you the flexibility to select any protocol to run the desired application and provides a Firewall that allows you to restrict specific IP addresses. The service gives you an unrestricted amount of bandwidth and can function on all Operating Sytems such as Mac OSX, Linux, and Windows.

    Portmap.io has a variety of use cases. It is a great solution to showcase personal applications to employers/Clients and can also be used to create a secure Video Surveillance System by connecting it with IP-less CCTV cameras.

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    ZOC is a professional and advanced SSH, terminal emulator, and telnet client for Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. The software integrates all those emulations and advanced features that let the users access hosts and mainframes through a secure shell, serial cable, telnet, modem, and other prevailing methods of interactions.

    The advantage of using ZOC are tabbed sessions in thumbnails mode, address book in the form of color & folders coded hosts, highly customizable, the scripting system in over 200 commands, compatible with the latest version of both Mac and Windows, user-friendly, and much more.

    The technical features are a secure shell, telnet, ISDN through CAPI, Rlogin, five file transfer protocols, terminals emulated, RESS language for scripting with over 72 extensions to control the terminal emulator, and support of AppleScript. It also offers DDE support for the Windows version and a user-friendly interface (tabbed interface, keys for macros, user button bar, online chat system, configurable, customizable).

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