Change port number (ssh tunnelling) about ditto HOT 6 OPEN

The port can be configured in the registry, A restart of Ditto is required after changing this in the registry.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Ditto]
"SendRecvPort"=dword:00023443

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Thanks, so can I use that to run Ditto on one PC, with an ssh tunnel to a second PC, also running Ditto? Do I need to forward ports in both directions? And if so can I set a different port number for send and for receive?

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Currently, they need to be the same port for both send and receive.

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Thanks -- so could I make this feature request to allow specifying port number on a per-host basis, by entering IP address and port number together in the configuration dialogue box? That might be enough to allow use over an ssh tunnel.

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https://ditto-cp.sourceforge.io/beta/

When entering the the ip/hostname the port can now be defined after that, ex) 127.0.0.1:5000

Also I exposed the port number in config, - options - general - advanced, "Network Send Receive Port"

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Thanks, I have set this up as follows: install the beta version on both hosts A and B. Log in to host B and make an ssh connection to A using the -R option to tunnel a remote port to the local machine: -R 23444:127.0.0.1:23443. Now anything sent to port 23444 on A reaches 23443 on B. Then on host A add 127.0.0.1:23444 as a friend to send copies to. On host B add 127.0.0.1 to the 'be put on the clipboard' list. Now, anything copied on host A gets to the clipboard on B.

To get the reverse direction, add -L 23444:127.0.0.1:23443 and on host B add 127.0.0.1:23444 as a friend to send to. Similarly on host A add 127.0.0.1 as 'be put on the clipboard'.

Note that it doesn't always work to put 'localhost' instead of 127.0.0.1. I tried adding 'localhost' as a 'be put on the clipboard' host but it didn't work, while 127.0.0.1 does work. So to save headscratching better to use the IP address only.

If you think the ssh tunnel use case is common enough to be worth supporting, you might add better support for it in the configuration. So there could be a checkbox for 'Put on the clipboard if received from localhost' (perhaps even the default) and when adding friends you might have two choices, either "use this local port" or a specified host name (with optional port number).

Thanks again for your work on this feature.

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