#socks-proxy

How to: http proxy over ssh, not socks #it #fix #answer

http proxy over ssh, not socks

The question is simple, but the answer is not :

ssh -D 8080 user@host

or

ssh -gCNf -D 8080 user@host

or

wathever with -D #

I need a kind of proxy that i can use with http_proxy variable, in an embedded device that doesn’t support SOCKS.

What should i do?

Answer [by lesmana]: http proxy over ssh, not socks

ssh -L 8080:localhost:12345 user@host

This will open…

Fixed: How to tunnel HTTP over SSH via SOCKS? #answer #programming #solution

How to tunnel HTTP over SSH via SOCKS?

This should be a simple issue to solve, but for some reason it’s not working for me.

ssh vps works just fine (I use authentication keys)

I set up the tunnel with the command:

ssh -C2TNv -D 8080 vps

I then modify Firefox network settings:

manual config

http proxy: localhost, port: 8080

use this proxy server for all protocols

SOCKS v5

about:config

network.pr…