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How to create an SSH tunnel using Putty and using that tunnel as a Firefox SOCKS proxy. Squid config "how to" ( squid.conf ) @ Calomel.org - Open Source Research and Reference. Home RSS Search April 02, 2013 Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS and FTP. It can be used to protect internal lans from questionable servers and provide accounting of where clients go and what servers clients are allowed to go to.

Squid allows you to enforce policies with your users. If you have a policy stating no one can access CNN unless it is lunch time between 12noon and 2pm then you have that control. If you are a parent and need to filter web access at home then Squid is the perfect tool. The best part is Squid is Open Source and completely free. Introduction to the squid.conf This squid proxy configuration is setup to be a non-caching secure proxy for HTTP and HTTPS only. Below you will find the link to the squid.conf example file and below that is the same squid.conf file in a text box. Getting Started The following instructions will allow you to get squid installed and working with the squid.conf config file listed above. Doing the install #! Questions? Making My VPS A Proxy Server.

Is making my vps a proxy server possible?

Making My VPS A Proxy Server

The good news is that you can turn your VPS into a proxy and it is actually much easier than you may think. You may already have a VPS that you use for web hosting or perhaps a place to store your files online. Turning your VPS into an elite proxy sounds complicated and the truth is that it can be unless you know what kind of VPS you need and which software to make it into a proxy. Read on to discover how you can make your VPS into a proxy server today. The first thing is you need to make sure that your VPS is running linux or some variation of the linux operating system.

GNU httptunnel. Httptunnel creates a bidirectional virtual data connection tunnelled in HTTP requests.

GNU httptunnel

The HTTP requests can be sent via an HTTP proxy if so desired. This can be useful for users behind restrictive firewalls. If WWW access is allowed through a HTTP proxy, it's possible to use httptunnel and, say, telnet or PPP to connect to a computer outside the firewall. httptunnel is written and maintained by Lars Brinkhoff. See the file AUTHORS in the tarball for more information about contributors to this package.

Does your company need help adding HTTP tunneling to your applications? See also: frequently asked questions about httptunnel. httptunnel is free software (speech, not beer) licenced under the GNU General Public License. I hereby disclaim all responsibility for this hack. I can't guarantee that httptunnel works on other configurations, but you are welcome to try it and send me patches to make it more portable. Stable. Corkscrew. Proxy Firefox through a SSH tunnel "how to" @ Calomel.org - Open Source Research and Reference. Home RSS Search April 02, 2013 a fast, privately secured tunnel to transfer web pages and dns queries Have you ever wanted to visit sites during the day from a location that denied access to those sites?

Proxy Firefox through a SSH tunnel "how to" @ Calomel.org - Open Source Research and Reference

Perhaps the company has denied access due to bandwidth considerations or you might have decided that the site you want to go to might not always be work safe depending on the story or pictures? How to use ssh as a proxy server. Using ssh as a proxy or encrypted tunnel to browse the web can sometimes be necessary: When you’re at a conference but need to login securely to your blog.

How to use ssh as a proxy server

When local access restrictions make life really difficult. If you have a server in another country and want to see what Google Adsense adverts people see in that country. I use ssh for the third reason. I want to see what adverts people in the USA see when they look at my blog so I can filter out the low paying and MFA ads (see notspam.org for more). Ssh -D 8080 -Nf example.com Replace example.com with your own hostname. Here’s a few external links you might find useful.

Matt had trouble with his socks5 dns while travelling.Proxy Firefox through a SSH tunnel – if only I had searched for the right terms I would have found this excellent page sooner. I need to install Foxy Proxy to make this easier to manage. (I bet that when I most need to look up this post I’ll be behind a tight firewall that won’t let me at my blog ..) You might also like.