SSH Tunneling
Right now, im using Silenceisdefeat.com SSH tunneling service, but it is very slow because there's only one time 1$ payment.
I need faster tunnel. now i've got some questions:
1. I'm pretty sure i can do the same thing with Linode, right?
2. Is there lot's to set up?
3. Im a noob when it comes to *nix but quite advanced in computing and did some programming ages ago, so i guess i know whassup. Will it be hard to set everything up for me?
i guess this is it for now. thanks in advance
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ssh -d 8080 user@server.com
Then simply change your browser's settings to proxy all traffic (including DNS) through localhost:8080.
Although, I would recommend OpenVPN instead. That way, everything is tunneled through without you having to mess with program settings, etc.
Install OS…activate/configure SSH and that's it?
@saman007uk:
It's actually quite simple. The linode already has the SSH service installed. On the client:
ssh -d 8080 user@server.comThen simply change your browser's settings to proxy all traffic (including DNS) through localhost:8080.
Although, I would recommend OpenVPN instead. That way, everything is tunneled through without you having to mess with program settings, etc.
By the way, the command above must be executed on YOUR computer (assuming that you're running *nix too). On the Linode side, all you need is to create a suitable user account.
@hybinet:
@saman007uk:It's actually quite simple. The linode already has the SSH service installed. On the client:
ssh -d 8080 user@server.comThen simply change your browser's settings to proxy all traffic (including DNS) through localhost:8080.
Although, I would recommend OpenVPN instead. That way, everything is tunneled through without you having to mess with program settings, etc.
By the way, the command above must be executed on YOUR computer (assuming that you're running *nix too). On the Linode side, all you need is to create a suitable user account.
Im running Winxp so will be tunneling thru Putty i guess. So really, all i have to do is deploy linux distribution and create a user
account. is that it? cheers
Peter thanks for you reply.
ssh -d 8080 user@server.com
Hmm… notwithstanding the comment I made above, that line of code doesn't seem to work as expected. For some reason, my linode can't seem to find the correct application protocol to use once the connection has been tunneled over there. Might be a firewall or configuration issue. But even then, -d is an incorrect option (it's -D).
The following is from a working setup that I use on a different box. It uses both SSH tunneling and a lightweight proxy server to achieve the effect of a secure proxy. This is obviously more complicated than it needs to be, but it has the added benefit of having at my disposal tinyproxy's configuration options with detailed logging and access controls. For example, I can let a few other people use my secure proxy, but restrict what they use it for.
On the Linode,
1) Install tinyproxy (apt-get install tinyproxy) -- tinyproxy is very lightweight, so it won't burden your linode.
2) Make tinyproxy only listen to localhost (edit /etc/tinyproxy.conf) -- otherwise you have an open proxy that can be abused.
3) Restart tinyproxy (/etc/init.d/tinyproxy restart)
On the home computer,
4A)````
ssh -L 8080:localhost:12345 user@server.com
8080 is the local port, and 12345 is the tinyproxy port on the linode. What this does is forward my home computer's local port 8080 to the linode's local port 12345, where tinyproxy is listening.
4B) If you're on Windoze, use Putty and go to Connection - SSH - Tunnels. Enter: Source port = 8080, Destination = localhost:12345. Click "Add" and connect to your server.
5) Make your web browser use 127.0.0.1:8080 as a proxy.
6) Enjoy your encrypted, uncensored internet!
My proxy command is:
ssh -fNCD 8080 linode.example.com
Tunnel doc:
@blacktulip:
You really do not need a linode to do this. Any shared hosting with ssh access will do
And you will get a nastygram from your provider when you burn through their bandwidth. There's nothing wrong with getting a Linode to use as an ssh tunnel, that's what I used mine for when I first got it. I've since branched out to using it for irc, serving my website, fileserving, seeding torrents… but I digress.
