Comments on: Using SSH tunnel connection as a SOCKS5 proxy

By: sage

sage — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:44:01 +0000

I used to do something similar to this before I setup an OpenVPN instance on a public port instead. It works much better in my opinion both in terms of routing and security. I’ve got it running on one machine on port 53 udp for airport access, and another on 1723 udp (which I’ve found to be open almost everywhere I’ve tried). You could also just as easily set it up on 80tcp if you wanted. Just a suggestion.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:58:14 +0000

I would recommend the -N and -f options.
-N Do not execute a remote command. This is useful for just for-warding ports (protocol version 2 only).
-F Requests ssh to go to background just before command execution.
If you use these options the sleep command is not needed.

By: Эдуард

Эдуард — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:50:42 +0000

Thank you for the article

By: Craigslist Proxy

Craigslist Proxy — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:38:26 +0000

Proxies never cease to interest me. Hopefully others got as much from this as I did.

By: ROR

ROR — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:18:58 +0000

tsocks on our macbooks rock! thanks for ideas!

By: Ubuntu VED

Ubuntu VED — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:47:02 +0000

Thx for your posts =)
Happy New Year