route web traffic via ssh

Post date: Apr 27, 2013 11:55:15 AM

From: http://jeffawaddell.com/post/841890073

The linux way:

The Down and Dirty CLI Way:

• • Open up the Terminal, and type ‘ssh -ND 9999 user@host.com’ (9999 is the local port to be forwarded - you can use whatever as long as its not already in use)

  • Enter your password when prompted (or set up SSH key exchange for password-less access)

  • It will look as if nothing has happened - the ‘-n’ flag cancels the SSH interactive prompt

  • Go into your browser, and enter the just setup SSH proxy info (Safari uses system proxies, FireFox has its own settings) - Select SOCKS proxy, and enter ‘localhost’ as the server and ‘9999’ as the port

  • Browse away!

The windows Way (via putty)

Download Putty!

Connect to your server.. then do this :