Set up SSH proxy on my Linux

Guys,

I am sort of new to ssh tunnels and I want to use my linux box as a web proxy so I can surf from work. I want to use an ssh tunnel.

My company blocks many of the sites I like to go to, I tend to go to gamer sites. In any case, I can ssh to my servers just fine.

Any ideas?

Your company block these for a reason and you should not be visiting.

With that said:

You would have to this using your ~/.ssh/config and specifically set up a tunnel to each individual site.

A shameless plug for my own tutorial may hlep you:

http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=247009

Using something like this:

Code:

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# connect to google
Local Forward 1024 www.google.com:80

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typing localhost:1024 into you browser should connect you to google.

But the easiest thing might be to use remote X forwarding (Set by deafult)

EG:

ssh your.home.box
mozilla

This fires up moz. on your local screen, but you are actually surfing from home.

Steve

Thanks,

I respect the restricted sites of the company...

I like the X idea, I wanted to that initially. I guess I need to get exceed or something.


Thanks again,

Luck

Why not just do something like I do?

vnc over ssh
http://www.realvnc.com/documentation.html

of course... you'll have to be able to install vnc so hopefully you have local admin priv.

web filers can be a huge pain in the ass. it sucks when you have to call the "web filtering" admin and wait 5 days to determine if you can indeed go to the antivirus site that the filter blocked because of a false positive. (eg. had "hacker" in the meta fields) :(

You'd think they wouldn't block other admins... at least... you'd think that.