Correct port forwarding terminology to reverse port forwarding #8169
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@ehabAbdelMawla thanks for bringing this up. We're actually planning on changing the article title to just "Port forwarding" as this also matches what is shown in the user interface.
Do you want to make this change, otherwise I'll go ahead and close this PR and apply the changes.
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@ntrogh Thanks for the clarification! I've already updated my PR to reflect this change. |
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microsoft#8169)" This reverts commit 0a30f64.
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The current documentation labels the port forwarding feature as "Local Port Forwarding," which suggests tunneling from a local machine to a remote service. However, the described behavior—exposing a local service (e.g., port 5555 on the user's machine) to the internet via a public URL—is reverse port forwarding. This PR updates the title and , aligning with standard networking definitions. The change clarifies that it exposes local services externally, not the other way around, and adjusts the remote machine question for consistency.