Learning how SSH port forwarding is great as a pseudo-vpn for everything from GUI-client database access to (in physical infra) access to web-admin tools for appliances.
The socks proxy support can also deal with bad web filtering and privacy issues on public wifi networks (though nowadays if you're ssh'ing to a cloud IP, you'll get lots of "bot" restrictions).
The socks proxy support can also deal with bad web filtering and privacy issues on public wifi networks (though nowadays if you're ssh'ing to a cloud IP, you'll get lots of "bot" restrictions).