SSH Tunnel/SOCKS Proxy

May 17th, 2010

Instructions are for Mac, YMMV.

Enter the following command into Terminal, replacing myuser@myserver.com for the username/host where you have SSH access:
ssh -D 8080 -f -C -q -N myuser@myserver.com

Thats it!  You may now configure localhost:8080 as a SOCKS proxy in your browser (see the link below for generic/Safari instructions – Firefox is configured in Preferences -> Advanced -> Network -> “Settings”).

How To: Surf Securely with an SSH Tunnel — PaulStamatiou.com.

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