Connection to MySql from .net over an SSH tunnel, using http://nuget.org/packages/SSH.NET/

gistfile1.cs

void Test()
{
    var ci = new ConnectionInfo ("remoteserver", "remoteuser", new PasswordAuthenticationMethod ("remoteuser", "password"));
    var cs = new MySqlConnectionStringBuilder ();
    cs.AllowBatch = true;
    cs.Server = "127.0.0.1";
    cs.Database = "database";
    cs.UserID = "dbuser";
    cs.Password = "dbpassword";
    
    using (var tunnel = new SshTunnel (ci, 3306)) {
        cs.Port = checked ((uint) tunnel.LocalPort);
        
        using (var connection = new MySqlConnection (cs.GetConnectionString (true)))
        using (var cmd = connection.CreateCommand()) {
            connection.Open ();
            cmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM foo LIMIT 10";
            
            var dt = new DataTable ();
            var da = new MySqlDataAdapter (cmd);
            da.Fill (dt);
            dt.Dump ();
        }
    }
}

class SshTunnel : IDisposable
{
    private SshClient client;
    private ForwardedPortLocal port;
    private int localPort;
    
    public SshTunnel (ConnectionInfo connectionInfo, uint remotePort)
    {
        try {
            client = new SshClient (connectionInfo);
            port = new ForwardedPortLocal ("127.0.0.1", 0, "127.0.0.1", remotePort);
            
            client.ErrorOccurred += (s, args) => args.Dump ();
            port.Exception += (s, args) => args.Dump ();
            port.RequestReceived += (s, args) => args.Dump ();
            
            client.Connect ();
            client.AddForwardedPort(port);
            port.Start();
            
            // Hack to allow dynamic local ports, ForwardedPortLocal should expose _listener.LocalEndpoint
            var listener = (TcpListener) typeof (ForwardedPortLocal).GetField ("_listener", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic).GetValue (port);
            localPort = ((System.Net.IPEndPoint) listener.LocalEndpoint).Port;
        } catch {
            Dispose ();
            throw;
        }
    }
    
    public int LocalPort { get { return localPort; } }
    
    public void Dispose ()
    {
        if (port != null)
            port.Dispose ();
        if (client != null)
            client.Dispose ();
    }
}

If You don' want to bother with LinqPad, use someting like this:
args.Exception.ToString(); instead of args.Dump()

Yup, dump was from LinqPad just to test the connection worked. The useful part is creating a tunnel and the connection to MySQL, what you do with the correction/ query result after that is up to you.