Comments on: A Poor Man’s VPN: Proxy Web Connection to Remote Server (via SSH and Tunnel)

By: Firesheep Should Be A Call To Arms For System, Network & Web Admins | systemBash

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:49:49 +0000

[...] as this is the most likely place it would be sniffed. You can get a cheap VPS at < $10 a month and proxy all of your traffic over SSH. Not the fastest method, but it will secure your [...]

By: Personal VPN

Personal VPN — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:46:46 +0000

What is Personal VPN ?…

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By: bubbl

bubbl — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:41:10 +0000

A Poor Man’s VPN: Proxy Web Connection to Remote Server (via SSH and Tunnel) – systemBash http://ff.im/-fwx31

By: nizzard

nizzard — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:59:59 +0000

Don’t forget to set Firefox to use remote DNS as well!

By: nizzard

nizzard — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:59:00 +0000

Don’t forget to set Firefox to use remote DNS as well!

By: sdd

sdd — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:43:27 +0000

By: sdd

sdd — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:43:00 +0000

By: Dave Drager

Dave Drager — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:17:19 +0000

New blog post: A Poor Man’s VPN: Proxy Web Connection to Remote Server (via SSH and Tunnel) http://sysbash.com/4j

By: Hadar Pedhazur

Hadar Pedhazur — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:43:12 +0000

This is very cool, thanks. For a single use, meaning for the one purpose you described above, a slightly simpler redirect is with the -L switch to ssh. That way, you don’t change any Firefox prefs (meaning, no SOCKS). You merely surf to localhost:8080, and the one site you specifically want the remote site to bring up magically comes up. I have used that many times.

By: Hadar Pedhazur

Hadar Pedhazur — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:43:00 +0000