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Is there a software package for Windows or Mac that kind of packs up the logic of using an SSH host as a dynamic SOCKS forwarder (e.g. ssh -D 1080 yourhost) into a nice looking GUI? I'm imagining something that presents a username and password prompt, then internally forks putty or OpenSSH. Better yet, it could frob the system proxy settings to use the forwarded SOCKS port, and then unfrob them when the program exits.

I'm considering writing it if not.

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Give Putty Connection Manager a try, it might give you the 'wizbang' you seek:

Putty Connection Manager

http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/03/putty-extreme-makeover-using-putty-connection-manager/

Download here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/puttycm/

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This is nice, but still not what I am looking for. (Especially with the .NET dependency.) I am pretty convinced it doesn't exist. I guess I will have to write it myself. – Josh K Jan 25 '11 at 20:17
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Have you tried putty?

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I explicitly mentioned that it could use putty underneath, but on the surface it would only show a username, password, and host/port box. It's purely a user-interface thing. – Josh K Jun 30 '10 at 23:05
What? I'm lost on how Connection > SSH > Tunnels > Dynamic with source port 1080 not working here... I use it all the time when I'm on windows or don't feel like learning a thousand switches – TheLQ Jul 1 '10 at 8:13
No, it works. I'm saying, it needs to be usable by someone LESS intelligent than that. It needs to be utterly foolproof. – Josh K Jul 1 '10 at 16:19
Well putty is one of the only ssh GUI's that I know of. If thats all your wanting a program to do, then you can probably write something in a few hours that would accomplish this. Shouldn't be too hard. – TheLQ Jul 1 '10 at 19:34
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