Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== SSH connection as socks proxy ====== sometimes it is very useful to have http access into a remote network but you can only reach one single linux machine inside this network. there is a simple way to tunnel http requests from firefox through your ssh connection: connect with the -D option to set up the proxy service ssh -D 1080 user@some.server.somewhere this will now run a local socks proxy on localhost:1080 in order to get firefox to use this tunnel, you need to configure a socks proxy in firefox. since you might want to switch this proxy on and off several times it is a good idea to use an add-on to do this, so it can be done with a single button: - install the **MM3 ProxySwitcher** Addon - restart firefox - right click on the toolbar and choose **customize...** - add the mm3 button to your toolbar - click on the little down pointing arrow next to your mm3 button and choose **Edit** - replace the settings with these: <code> [Socks Proxy socks=127.0.0.1:1080 noProxy=127.0.0.1:8080 config:network.proxy.socks_remote_dns=true ] </code> - now switch the proxy ond and off by clicking on the mm3 button. it's on when it's red and off when grayed out. ssh_connection_as_socks_proxy.txt Last modified: 16.07.2013 07:06by Pascal Suter