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Re: HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?



Le Thursday 10 November 2011 23:15:35 Bob Proulx, vous avez écrit :
> I often have a situation that I would like to improve.  I need to
> access web servers that exist on a private subnet.  I can log in using
> ssh.  I can of course use lynx, w3m and similar for text mode
> browsing.  But sometimes those text mode browsers are not suitable to
> the needed tasks.  I don't wish to forward X directly nor with vnc
> either since either of those would be very slow.
> 
> I used to use the FilterProxy (http://filterproxy.sourceforge.net/)
> for this purpose.  I would run it on the remote machine, forward the
> ports between the remote and local systems, and set my browser's proxy
> server to it.  Using Firefox plugins such as MM3 ProxySwitch it was
> very easy to switch between http views of the world.  But the
> FilterProxy project is in much need of love and attention in order to
> be useful on a modern perl system.  I would like to avoid the work
> needed to make it run on a current system.
> 
> 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?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bob

Hi,

What I have used :
If you just want a proxy : tinyproxy
If you want some filters : privoxy


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