Re: How to apt-get over ssh tunnel through a firewall?

["Todd A. Jacobs" <nospam@codegnome.org>]

On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 12:02:22PM -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote:

> Now I know how to browse the internet on B-D by creating  a ssh tunnel
> to A and utilizing the Iceweasel Browser settings to use a local Socks
> proxy.

This is untested, but if you change your sources.list to include
something like:

    # /etc/apt/sources.list
    deb http://localhost:1080/debian/ stable main contrib non-free

and then open a tunnel:

    # from the command line
    ssh -fND 1080 machine_A
    
it should just work. If not, you can try something more complicated,
like:
    
    # /etc/apt/sources.list
    deb http://localhost:32315/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
    
    # from the command line
    ssh -fN -L32315:localhost:32315 machineA 'ssh -fN -L32315:ftp.us.debian.org:80'

There's probably a better way to do this, but you asked specifically
about ssh tunneling. Good luck!

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