SSH Autotunnel
Free AppAbout SSH Autotunnel
Simple, intuitive SSH tunneling application with automatic reconnection after internet connectivity problems and with automatic start up after the device is turned on.
NOTE: If you like this application and want to support it's developers consider the paid version 'SSH Autotunnel Pro', which is actively developed, supported and opened for new feature requests. Also please report any bugs to my email instead of user reviews so that I can ask for additional details and have the problem fixed.
This application can create secure tunnels using a SSH connection for the user to access services available only from the target machine. For example user can connect to the company server and then use web browser to connect to internal web site of their company, use remote desktop to connect remotely to their office PC desktop and control it from their Android device, or bypass a firewall restriction in their hotel or company by connecting to Internet pages from the remote machine.
The application uses standard SSH protocol, without the need to configure and setup a VPN. The only information the user needs to know is the login information to the remote machine and IP/port information of the service they want to connect to. Once the SSH tunnel has been established, the user can connect to the specified local port to access the network service on the remote side using the same application they normally use when their device is connected to that network. The local port need not have the same port number as the remote port.
SSH Autotunnel is better than connectbot at recovering from network disconnects. It also consumes less power because it does only one thing and does not emulate any terminal.
Ssh Autotunnel is using JSch and Bouncycastle projects, which are under BSD and MIT licenses
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USER GUIDE:
You put public address of as a server that is entry point to the intranet. Use username@ip[:port] (you can use hostname instead of ip of course and you can use different port than 22). Then use either password or ssh key (or both in which case ssh key is expected to be encrypted with the given password). Then on the menu you can add forwardings. You can have as much forwarding for one connection as you want. You need to specify local port, host and remote port. You can also select if this is local or remote forwarding. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding for more details on port forwarding. Also note that this application doesn't support any kind of SOCKS proxy.
The application supports both types of private keys - those generated by putty's keygen (ppk) and also the open ssh keys (Linux format). Just copy/paste the content of the key file to the appropriate text box or enter path to the file location on the Android device (e.g. /sdcard/id_rsa.pub). If you experience connection issues and are sure your password is correct, try reexporting your key using a certified tool (such as puttygen) and use the exported key with SSH Autotunnel since some tools do not generate proper OpenSSH format keys.
Also check with your ssh server administrator about server logs.
NOTE: If you like this application and want to support it's developers consider the paid version 'SSH Autotunnel Pro', which is actively developed, supported and opened for new feature requests. Also please report any bugs to my email instead of user reviews so that I can ask for additional details and have the problem fixed.
This application can create secure tunnels using a SSH connection for the user to access services available only from the target machine. For example user can connect to the company server and then use web browser to connect to internal web site of their company, use remote desktop to connect remotely to their office PC desktop and control it from their Android device, or bypass a firewall restriction in their hotel or company by connecting to Internet pages from the remote machine.
The application uses standard SSH protocol, without the need to configure and setup a VPN. The only information the user needs to know is the login information to the remote machine and IP/port information of the service they want to connect to. Once the SSH tunnel has been established, the user can connect to the specified local port to access the network service on the remote side using the same application they normally use when their device is connected to that network. The local port need not have the same port number as the remote port.
SSH Autotunnel is better than connectbot at recovering from network disconnects. It also consumes less power because it does only one thing and does not emulate any terminal.
Ssh Autotunnel is using JSch and Bouncycastle projects, which are under BSD and MIT licenses
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USER GUIDE:
You put public address of as a server that is entry point to the intranet. Use username@ip[:port] (you can use hostname instead of ip of course and you can use different port than 22). Then use either password or ssh key (or both in which case ssh key is expected to be encrypted with the given password). Then on the menu you can add forwardings. You can have as much forwarding for one connection as you want. You need to specify local port, host and remote port. You can also select if this is local or remote forwarding. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding for more details on port forwarding. Also note that this application doesn't support any kind of SOCKS proxy.
The application supports both types of private keys - those generated by putty's keygen (ppk) and also the open ssh keys (Linux format). Just copy/paste the content of the key file to the appropriate text box or enter path to the file location on the Android device (e.g. /sdcard/id_rsa.pub). If you experience connection issues and are sure your password is correct, try reexporting your key using a certified tool (such as puttygen) and use the exported key with SSH Autotunnel since some tools do not generate proper OpenSSH format keys.
Also check with your ssh server administrator about server logs.
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Free
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Android app
App History & Updates
What's Changed
* added 'are you sure' dialog when removing all sessions
* added 'are you sure' dialog when removing all sessions
Version update SSH Autotunnel was updated to version 1.4.7
Version update SSH Autotunnel was updated to version 1.4.6
More downloads SSH Autotunnel reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update SSH Autotunnel was updated to version 1.4.5
What are users saying about SSH Autotunnel
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No support for IPv6. The '90s called: they want their crappy software back!
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Perfect!
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Junk
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In general fine app. But on my phone it does not reconnect if connection is lost. Strangely notification says that connection is up, but in reality connection is down so I have to restart manually.
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Very Good
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Downloaded this app instead of the standard connectbot for the start on boot feature. It did start on boot..but neither waited for internet connection nor retry the SSH connection..making start on boot feature pointless.
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One detail. Local port numbers must be high enough. E.g. 100 will not work nor will 1000, but 2100 is OK. Thanks for creating this tool, appreciate it.
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No support for IPv6. The '90s called: they want their crappy software back!
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Runs like a dream on my Samsung galaxy note 3. Runs perfectly on my LG nexus 4 and samsung galaxy s5. This app does exactly what is advertised. I don't care for device updates and it pays to have the factory installed android version still running like a champ, never have any issues. I don't fix things that are not broken.
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Does not support ppk format for keys
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Works great
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Perfect!
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Perhaps a software update to Android broke it, but it worked fine up until a few months ago. Used to like this simple app :(
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It is a shame there are no good SSH tunneling apps for android right now. This one (autotunnel) crashes constantly. The other one (sshtunnel) has possible spyware and security problems. Those were the two best shots. Still at least sshtunnel functions without crashing. Until its fixed, I give up on this app...
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Configuring could be a bit simpler, including a button for jumping to the wifi proxy settings. Otherwise it does what it says - I use it to access IP restricted web sites as I can 'appear' to be coming from the intranet. Running on a stock TF700 (high end tablet but NOT rooted)
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In general fine app. But on my phone it does not reconnect if connection is lost. Strangely notification says that connection is up, but in reality connection is down so I have to restart manually.
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Cannot create simple tunnel (reports error). Cannot find in user guide how to setup simple tunnel from android 8090 to ssh server's port 80... It simply doesn't work...
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Best
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Refused to accept private key in ppk format, only in open ssh. Diagnostics for problems with the key are terrible--it just displays the toast "can't load key", no indication whether it's because file does not exist, or format is wrong, or what. Besides that, the app is great.
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The app is great! BUT! Have you ever lost you mobile phone? I'm sure not. Why do you ask and save my ssh password/private key? You are suicide! Passwords MUST be entered everytime you connect to an ssh server, or anywhere!!! Please DO NOT ask me and store it in my phone! Ask it only when i make a connection, but don't save it!
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FC on HC 3.2
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Works great. Can't see hw to set non standard SSH port though. Host: doesn't seem to work. With that wrkimg, 5 stars.
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Hi, first of all, thanks for all comments. The application should be able to reconnect automatically and no settings should be needed. Unfortunately we can not test every situation on every device. If you have some problems, please send us an email with a brief description (what is not working a under what circumstances). We will try to fix the issue. Also, if you have an idea about new feature, don't hesitate and let us know. developers
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This app has a nice UI and establishes tunnels easily, but the tunnels do not seem to re-connect after network changes (moving physically from a wifi zone to a carrier network, say) on my Galaxy Nexus. I have to manually tell it to re-connect, which is annoying. I switched to the "Secure Persistent Tunnel (SPT)" app, which has a less refined UI, but re-connects tunnels without user intervention.
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I had problems getting the app to read private keys from a directory. The developer suggested to try and paste the (whole) content of the private key (generated in ubuntu) into the bracket of the app, which worked for me. It should be noted that the app lacks a socks-proxy feature at the moment. Therefore secure browsing is not an option. The app is for secure pop3/ftp-server/smtp-server connections only. The app is capable of automatically reconnecting to a ssh-server after switching from data to wifi connection and vice versa. Great and thorough support via email by the developer helped me to set this up correctly.
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Tried new version and the nonstandard port now works finally :) Great up and very responsive support. BTW automatic restart of connection after going from work home works just fine. Now I see some users have problems, perhaps lets send email to the author to help him reproduce and have this fixed?
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But ssh tunneler is better
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Must fix on droidvpn
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Loved it until it could not retry connections if the wifi took a second and lost connection on some servers quite a bit :(
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Creates password based SSH tunnels. Still working on using RSA keys. Wish it had an option to reconnect on single click.
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4 stars now. No update for full support for kick Kat. .. menu missing.
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One of the few ssh tools that actually works. Thanks!
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I'd like to use it at work. WiFi hotspots are against policy. Please fix the network detection
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I have never tried to contact the developer before but did have a question using this app. They responded very quickly which really impresses me.
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Very Good
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In general fine app. But on my phone it does not reconnect if connection is lost. Strangely notification says that connection is up, but in reality connection is down so I have to restart manually.
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Configuring could be a bit simpler, including a button for jumping to the wifi proxy settings. Otherwise it does what it says - I use it to access IP restricted web sites as I can 'appear' to be coming from the intranet. Running on a stock TF700 (high end tablet but NOT rooted)
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From my testing so far, version 1.4.3 resolved previous issues when switching between 3G and wireless.
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Works just like SSH tunnels should!
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Used this all the time on my Asus PadPhone. But my new LG has Android 6.0.1 and for some reason I can only add one tunnel. There is no menu to add another tunnel. :-( UPDATE: 5 stars again. Found out the issue was an Android / LG menu thing. Fixed the settings now the menu works. Great app.