{"id":114,"date":"2009-03-19T14:20:05","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T19:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.1oc.com\/blog\/?p=114"},"modified":"2011-07-14T22:06:09","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T02:06:09","slug":"use-ssh-as-a-proxy-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.1oc.com\/?p=114","title":{"rendered":"Use ssh as a proxy server"},"content":{"rendered":"

Using ssh as a proxy or encrypted tunnel to browse the web can sometimes be necessary:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. When you\u2019re at a conference but need to login securely to your blog.<\/li>\n
  2. When local access restrictions make life really difficult.<\/li>\n
  3. If you have a server in another country and want to see what Google Adsense adverts people see in that country.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    ssh -D 8181 -Nf \u00a0example.com<\/em><\/p>\n

    ssh -D 8181 -Nf \u00a0yourlogin@example.com
    \n<\/em><\/p>\n

    Where example.com is the name of the site you are connecting to (ssh) and 8181 is the port you’ll use in your\u00a0browser.<\/p>\n

    You’ll use the first option if you have set up your\u00a0connection\u00a0without password<\/a>,\u00a0otherwise\u00a0use the second option<\/p>\n

    Then configure your browser to user Proxy at: localhost:8181 (or 127.0.0.0:8181)<\/p>\n

    Here’s an example of how to configure the proxy on Mac<\/p>\n

    \"Mac's<\/a><\/p>\n

    Enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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