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--- linux_wiki:ssh_proxy_tunnel [2014/11/24 22:40]
billdozor
+++ linux_wiki:ssh_proxy_tunnel [2017/11/20 22:49]
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 ====== SSH Proxy Tunnel ======
+**General Information**
 You are somewhere that has a restrictive firewall/web proxy, but allows SSH.
-This SSH trick allows you to tunnel your web browser's traffic to your own SSH server and browse the web as if you were at home.
+This trick allows you to tunnel your web browser's traffic through SSH to a remote system and browse the web as if you were at that remote system.
-__Assumptions__
+**Checklist**
-  * You already have a SSH server setup that is accessible from the internet.
+  * Distro(s): Any
+  * Other: You already have a remote SSH server set-up that is accessible from the internet. (At home, hosted, etc)
-) Open a tunnel to your SSH server, and specify a dynamic application listening port:
+----
+===== From the Local Computer =====
+) Open a SSH tunnel to the remote system and specify a dynamic application listening port (Example: -D 1337):
 <code bash>
-ssh -D 4777 -v user@yourhome.com
+ssh -D 1337 user@yourhome.com
 </code>
 ) Edit your browser proxy settings to use the same port SSH is listening on.
-__Firefox__
+__Firefox Quantom__
-  * Edit->Preferences->Advanced->Network->Connection->Settings...
+  * Open Menu (three horizontal lines) -> Preferences -> General -> Network Proxy -> Settings...
     * Check "Manual proxy configuration"
     * SOCKS host: localhost
-    * Port: 4777
+    * Port: 1337
-    * Select SOCKSv4
+      * Select SOCKSv4
     * Click OK
+  * You may also have to set the "network.proxy.socks_remote_dns" value to true (http://about:config)