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Re: HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?



Philipp Tölke wrote:
> Can't you tell firefox to use a socks proxy?

Tony van der Hoff wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for all of the suggestions about socks!  However Gilles gave me
the best answer for what I was asking about with the tinyproxy
suggestion.  It is a perfect fit for my needs.

Bob

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