Re: HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?

["Christofer C. Bell" <christofer.c.bell@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
>
> I am sure this must be a common need and already solved many times
> over.  Can someone recommend a simple HTTP proxy program that I could
> run on the remote ssh logged into system that I could then use to
> provide my local browser access to the web on the remote private
> network?

A vanilla ssh tunnel sounds like exactly what you need.  You would
tunnel a port on your local machine to the web port on the foreign
machine.  Then you'd access www.private.com:80 by pointing your
browser at local.server.com:8080 (as an example).

http://www.debian-administration.org/article/38/Tunneling_connections_securely_with_SSH

Or just hit up Google for "ssh tunnel".

-- 
Chris