diff --git a/endpoint/endpoint.go b/endpoint/endpoint.go
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+++ b/endpoint/endpoint.go
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+package endpoint
+
+import (
+
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
+
+
+	"net"
+)
+
+type Endpoint struct {
+	Host string
+	Port int
+}
+
+
+func (endpoint *Endpoint) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", endpoint.Host, endpoint.Port)
+}
+
+type SSHtunnel struct {
+	Local  *Endpoint
+	Server *Endpoint
+	Remote *Endpoint
+
+	Config *ssh.ClientConfig
+	ServerConnection *ssh.ServerConfig
+}
+
+// type localEndpoint []Endpoint
+//
+// type remoteEndpoint []Endpoint
+
+
+//func (index *arrayFlags) Set
+
+// var testend Endpoint
+//
+// testend.Host = "localhost"
+// testend.Port = "5"
+
+func (tunnel *SSHtunnel) Start() error {
+  for {
+    listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", tunnel.Local.String())
+    if err != nil {
+      return err
+    }
+    defer listener.Close()
+
+    for {
+      conn, err := listener.Accept()
+      if err != nil {
+        return err
+      }
+      go tunnel.forward(conn)
+    }
+}
+  }
+
+
+func (tunnel *SSHtunnel) forward(localConn net.Conn) {
+	serverConn, err := ssh.Dial("tcp", tunnel.Server.String(), tunnel.Config)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Server dial error: %s\n", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	remoteConn, err := serverConn.Dial("tcp", tunnel.Remote.String())
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Remote dial error: %s\n", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	copyConn:=func(writer, reader net.Conn) {
+		_, err:= io.Copy(writer, reader)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("io.Copy error: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	go copyConn(localConn, remoteConn)
+	go copyConn(remoteConn, localConn)
+}
diff --git a/endpoint/endpoint_test.go b/endpoint/endpoint_test.go
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+++ b/endpoint/endpoint_test.go
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+package endpoint
+
+import (
+  "testing"
+  "fmt"
+)
+
+//function
+func TestEndPointString(t *testing.T) {
+  var testend Endpoint
+
+  testend.Host = "localhost"
+  testend.Port = 5555
+
+  // make a string and test what the string should be
+  stringWant := "localhost:5555"
+
+  returnedString := testend.String()
+
+  fmt.Printf("stringWant: %s\n", stringWant)
+  fmt.Printf("returnedString : %s\n", returnedString)
+  // return string == stringwant // success
+}