Reverse SSH Tunnel - an easy way?



I have used Tunellier and freeSSHd to setup a tunnel from my home to my
work machine. However to use this system I need to initiate a
connection initially using a token based system. To avoid doing this
and to use the security of SSH I would like to setup a reverse SSH
tunnel from work to home. However googling I am a little lost.

I wish to login from home to work, but to do this without using any
tokens, the tunnel would have to be initiated from work. So - can
anyone point me to any resources that I can take a look at. Can I do
this with the client and server software that I presently use, or is
something else preferable and better.

I know that this sounds a very dumb question - I assume that the server
should still be at the work end and the client at home. If so, do I
have to create the tunnel at work before going home, or can this be
done remotely from home. If the latter, then how, because I cannot get
onto the work network without the token that I mentioned above, and I
wish to avoid using the token-based system.

Many thanks in anticipation of help - I appreciate it. Apologies for
any dumb sounding questions. I did spend a lot of time initially
getting to grips with SSH in June of this year, and then opted for the
easier solution of using Tunellier as it was so easy to use Remote
Desktop with this. I would like to use Remote desktop again, hence the
simplicity of Tunellier appeals.

Paul Bromley

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