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layout: post
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title: "Use your SSH-server as a socks proxy"
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date: 2012-06-09 13:18
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---
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Sometimes for whatever reason you want a secure internet connection. Maybe because you distrust your local network or your network filter some traffic. Openssh is able to speak the [SOCKS protocol](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOCKS), which does the trick.
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Open you ~/.ssh/config on your local machine and add the following lines:
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``` apache ~/.ssh/config
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Host webtunnel
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HostName domain.tld # replace this with your ip or domain name of your server
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DynamicForward 1080
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User myuser # replace this with your ssh login name
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```
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next connect to your server like this
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``` bash
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ssh webtunnel
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```
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This opens a socks connection on your local machine on port 1080.
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Now you are able to set up every application to use this proxy.
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These are the common required settings:
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```
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Server: localhost
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Port: 1080
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Proxy-Type: SOCKS5
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```
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Personally I use [FoxProxy Basic](http://getfoxyproxy.org/) extension for firefox to fast setup a connection, whenever needed.
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