"Woa, what a long title", you must say. Yes it is and it deserves that for sure. But at first, please answer this question: "How many times you've been forced to work on client's server, because of the fact that there are services, that work only with remote server's localhost and can't be exposed to the outer world?". It could be a case with SOAP server or DB (in my case it was MSSQL) which accepts connections only from remote server's localhost.
Read on about Poor man's VPN for Web Developers or Make Remote Server Local Or How To Make Developer's Life Easier While Working With Remote Servers
