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Re: HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?



On 11/11/11 15:03, Chris Davies wrote:
Bob Proulx<bob@proulx.com>  wrote:
Yes.  I use it regularly.  The -D option sets up a socks server.  But
that is a socks proxy not an http proxy.  It is awesome for socks
forwarding though.  I use it with the dante socksify program.  Works
great.

Last time I looked, firefox, at least, supported proxying via socks.

I use Firefox over socks regularly. Socks host 127.0.0.1 port 8080.

To set up the tunnel:
ssh -CNfqD8080 user@server.tld

It helps to have passwordless access to the server


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