Nowadays, when you connect to the Internet, either to work or just for entertainment, there's always a chance to be exposed to various risks. Even if you have an Antivirus, as long as the connection is established by another application, you put yourself and your computer in danger.
To help users minimize this risk, Codinn Technologies developed Core Tunnel, an application that creates a two-way SSH tunnel and makes the online activity difficult to be tracked.
Its interface looks minimalist, and its comprised of a main menu, with a few tabs that include various configuration options. The menu navigation is easy to complete and the response to user actions is decent.
Core Tunnel is compatible to OpenSSH and everything inside of it. More, the app comes with macOS Keychain integration, a function that provides secure storage for passphrases,
More than that, individuals can use the buil-in editor to view and edit information about ssh directives and it case of a network failure the app automatically restores the connection.
To sum it up, Core Tunnel provides users a way to keep their connection safe and difficult to intercept from the outside. The basic subcription is free, but if you want to enjoy unlimited features you'd have to pay a subscription fee. It's not perfect, as it could've had a quick start guide and a more easier way to install updates.
v3.6 [Dec 12, 2021]
- Add site and community links in Help menu.
- Security enhancements and minor bug fixes.
## Updates in Version 3.6.1
Version 3.6.1 is a hotfix release for fixing:
- Could not use embedded OpenSSH (@priller).
## Updates in Version 3.6
The codebase of embedded OpenSSH has been updated to version 8.8. See https://community.codinn.com/t/3652/2 for the OpenSSH changes.
### Added
- Add a new `LogVerbose` configuration directive, this option is intended for OpenSSH debugging and is not enabled by default.
- Add a `PermitRemoteOpen` option that allows the client to restrict the destination when reverse dynamic forwarding is used with SOCKS.
- Add a `KnownHostsCommand` option that allows the client to obtain `known_hosts` data from a command in addition to the usual files.
### Changed
- Rename the `PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes` directive to `PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms` in advanced options.
- Similarly, rename `HostbasedKeyTypes` to `HostbasedAcceptedAlgorithms`.
- Remove `ChallengeResponseAuthentication` directive in favour of `KbdInteractiveAuthentication`.
- Always display fingerprint context while prompting user to confirm host key (@kaffeeundsalz).
- Specifies the port number to connect on the remote host explicitly in equivalent command (@liushuai).
Special thanks to @kaffeeundsalz, @fastzombies and Shuai Liu (@liushuai) for helping this release.
