After a long battle with technology, Nuno Paquete <nmp@ispgaya.pt>, an earthling, wrote:
> Christopher Browne wrote:
>
>> Quoth Nuno Paquete <nmp@ispgaya.pt>:
>>> How woul you create a ssh tunnel?
>>> With stunnel?
>>> Using a VPN?
>>
>> No, I'd use ssh.
>
> How do you do it?
> You can use Putty to connect securely to the server using SSH protocol, but
> how can you create a tunnel that will be used by MySql connections? I mean,
> how can you connect to 3306 port within a secure tunnel?

This is well-documented in numerous places including here
<http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/ssh_tunnelling.html>

The relevant SSH options are -L, -R, and possible -f.
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