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Access company intranet (http/https) using SSH (AllowTcpForwarding might be set to “no”)
How can I access web services inside my company's LAN from the outside? I can SSH in to a machine that's inside the LAN.
I tried to use Putty to set up dynamic port forwarding and configured Firefox ...
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Increasing Download Speed
I had an interesting thought: Would it be somewhat possible to increase download speed (and potentially upload speed) like a download accelerator does, but using a socks proxy that splits your ...
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Anonying Firewall - Still cannot access banned sites like facebook even via SSH tunnel through SOCKS 5 Proxy
I'm in some un-named country and I connected to my SOCKS 5 Proxy via an SSH Tunnel which is located in the US. I tried to visit facebook via the browser, but it just times out. But when I ping ...
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SOCKS proxy on a local network
I have a Windows 7 machine that I use to open up a SOCKS connection using Putty on SSH. I set the tunnel to Dynamic localhost 8080 which I can use locally.
How do I get a machine on the local ...
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When surfing through SOCKS 5 proxy with authentication. Can my passwords be sniffed?
I just setup a socks 5 proxy with authentication using Opera browser. I did this because I didn't want to sign into putty everytime to do ssh tunneling. But the question now can my passwords be ...
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passing https requests trough socks server?
I tried to setup socks server from sockslist website in my firefox network settings. I then try normal websites to see if it works and indeed, all my trafic is routed trough that socks server.
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How to create a virtual interface from a socks proxy?
I am wanting to create a network interface from a SOCKS 5 proxy on localhost. This will eventually be bridged with a wireless interface that I have which will be operating in AdHoc mode. This will ...
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Using socks proxy for Thunderbird?
I am wondering whether it is possible. I tried with the same socks settings that I succesfully use for Firefox, but I get this error:
Sending of message failed.
The message could not be sent using ...
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How can I use SSH with a SOCKS 5 proxy?
I don't know much about proxies in general, and especially not SOCKS5 proxies, so sorry if this is a newbie question but I haven't been able to find the answer online or in the man pages.
I have a ...
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Is there a SOCKS proxy server program that supports a HTTP parent proxy?
Is there a SOCKS proxy server program that supports a HTTP parent proxy?
(that is, I am using a program that requires a SOCKS proxy server, but I only have a HTTP proxy server. The SOCKS proxy ...
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Convert HTTP requests to SOCKS5
I'm currently doing some testing work with TOR and ran in to a small problem. Tor's client only supports receiving connections through a SOCKS5 protocol, but the applications I'm using only support ...
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How do I make Mac OS X applications use different SOCKS proxies?
Is there a way to make different Mac OS X applications use different SOCKS proxies? I've had no luck using tsocks with Mac OS X applications like Skype, Mail, or Chrome, always segfaults.
I believe ...
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Tunneling traffic through a proxy using SSH - what does the proxy server see?
If I am accessing information (in a browser or via bittorent) through an SSH tunnel, what info will then be possible to obtain on the SSH/proxy server itself?
As far as I have understood, the ...
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Free, simple, configurable SOCKS5 server
I've been looking (for the past 6-7 hours) for a fast, free and configurable SOCKS5 server. I haven't found anything that matches my needs. They are either too complicated, too bare-bones or simply ...
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HTTPS hangs using SOCKS5 proxy over SSH tunnel
Using SecureCRT at work to connect via SSH to my home Mac using a SOCKS5 proxy (my company also has a corporate proxy). I am using Chrome and Firefox with this SOCKS proxy.
Regular browsing is quick, ...
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HTTP proxy server for Windows that forwards to SOCKS proxy
I have am application for Windows which only supports HTTP proxies (no SOCKS support).
Because I already have some good SOCKS proxy lists, I was wondering: Is there some HTTP proxy server for ...
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SSH Reverse socks tunnel
"ssh -D" can make a socks port at local machine, which pass the traffic to the remote, then to other places.
"ssh -L port:host:hostport", listen port at local machine, pass the traffic to ...
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How secure SSH dynamic port forwarding?
I'm using SSH's dynamic port forwarding to host a socks proxy on localhost. I'm trying to find out if the connection between my computer and the remote server/destination is secured. Will my ISP or ...
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Set SOCKS proxy for Safari
Is it possible to specify the SOCKS proxy for Safari in OS X Lion?
I've got an address and port number I have to fill in there but I can't find the settings in the browser...
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How to encrypt SOCKS5 traffic?
When I use my laptop in open Wi-Fi networks I want to tunnel all my TCP/IP traffic through a SOCKS5 server running on my VPS.
I'm using Windows 7 and Proxifier in order to tunnel ALL traffic through ...
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set up socks proxy at home to use away from home
I have a linux box at home. I know I can set up a proxy on a current computer by opening up terminal and typing ssh -D PORT USER@SERVER and then enter in the proxy and port in a browser. HOWEVER - I ...
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What is the difference between SOCKS4/5 and a pure TCP proxy?
Why do we need SOCKS if we could just use a TCP proxy system like TOR? What kind of advantages does SOCKS have?
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Socks + Putty = works sometimes
At the moment I'm sitting on a windows box on a public network. The network uses a very strict firewall policy (I can't f.ex. use google feeds).
However I do have an debian box which I can ssh into. ...
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SSH as socks proxy through multiple hosts
Can the following be achieved with SSH.
There are three machines involved:
A. My local machine at home
B. The SSH gateway server at school
C. A workstation in a lab, only reachable through B
I ...
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routing single application through any kind of vpn on OSX
OSX Application should run through manually selected route (vpn connection).
Best idea I had is to put squid on separate linux machine, setup VPN on that machine and make iproute (shorewall) handle ...
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How can I allow other computers to use my local SOCKS SSH tunnel?
I often use an SSH tunnelling on my computer, using a SOCKS proxy.
ssh -D 1234 example.com
However, this only accepts local connections. I would like other systems on my network to be able to use ...
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SOCKS vs. SSH local port forwarding
What's the difference between using SOCKS (SSH -D) and local port forwarding (SSH -L)
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OpenVPN client as SOCKS 5 server?
Are there any Windows applications that can connect to a remote OpenVPN server then act like a SOCKS 5 server in the local environment?
EDIT: which means
a local server
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Windows: How to forward all traffic to a Socks Proxy
i'm using putty to setup a socks proxy on my computer.
i firefox i configure the socks proxy so that i can surf.
but i have to do this for every programm i want to surf the internet.
now, i would ...
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Why doesn't IE/Chrome on Windows support SOCKS5 proxies on port 27977?
I am working with a client who uses proxies on their Windows machines. They recently have come to me to solve the issue of why Interenet Explorer and Chrome refuse to use SOCKS5 proxies on port 27977. ...
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How can I tell if a proxy is SOCKS or HTTP using a command in terminal?
Is there a simple command to run in a Linux terminal to tell if a proxy is SOCKS or HTTP?
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SSH socks proxy not working with Firefox on a Mac
I have the ssh client on my Mac set up to connect using a certificate to a remote linux server.
I'm trying to get my browser to surf through the remote server using a local ssh socks proxy.
The ...
