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 +====== Creating an SSH Tunnel / SSL Proxy ======
 +
 +You can use SSH to create a secure "​tunnel"​. ​ Your traffic will be encrypted and sent through the secure tunnel. ​ This has lots of advantages. ​ It will encrypt data transmitted over a public WiFi connection to help prevent spying. ​ It can get around firewall configurations. ​ It can also hide your IP address (using the machine you SSH into instead of your own IP).  Because SSH includes a socks proxy, it's very easy to setup.
 +
 +===== Open the SSH Connection =====
 +
 +First, open an SSH connection to the server you want to filter your traffic through. ​ Here's the command to make the connection.
 +
 +  ssh -D <​port>​ <​user>​@<​host>​
 +  ​
 +Assuming I want to create a socks proxy at port 8080 on my local machine and I want that traffic filtered through my own user account (joel) on my own domain (joeldare.com),​ I might run the following command.
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 +  ssh -D 8080 joel@joeldare.com
 +  ​
 +If I haven'​t setup keys, SSH will ask for a password and log me into the system normally. ​ It will also setup a SOCKS proxy. ​ Now, I need to configure my browser.
 +
 +===== Configure Your Browser =====
 +
 +In FireFox, I do the following.
 +
 +- Select the //Edit//, //​Preferences//​ menu.
 +- Select the //​Advanced//​ icon then the //​Settings//​ button.
 +- Select the //Manual proxy configuration//​ option.
 +- Enter //​localhost//​ next to //SOCKS Host// and then set the port to //8080//.
 +- Hit the //OK// button and then close the window.
 +
 +Now browse the web.  Use an IP lookup site (such as http://​www.whatismyipaddress.com) to see if you are browsing over the SSH connection.
 +
 +Note: Make sure you put //​localhost//​ under the //SOCKS Host// and not under //HTTP Proxy//.
 +
 +===== Silence; I Kill You =====
 +
 +If you don't want to execute a command (such as a shell) you can use the //-N// option in SSH.  If you've setup SSH keys for the server you can also use //&// to execute the process in the background. ​ Your new command might look like the following.
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 +  SSH -N -D 8080 joel@joeldare.com &
  
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linux/creating_an_ssh_tunnel.txt · Last modified: 2020/06/01 22:53 (external edit)