On 08/03/2010 3:10 PM, Jeremy wrote: > Michael Sweeney wrote: > >> We’ve got several server sin the USA that I would like to use to act >> as a proxy so we can get some streams here in our Montreal office >> (example hulu, cbs.com, and the like). >> >> How would I go about setting up something like this? Would squid work >> with RTMP? I tried google and maybe I’m just not forming my search >> request properly. Would VPN be better? Would something like shorewall >> do the trick? >> >> Mike >> >> > VPN is the best method I found. You could try using ssh with the -D > switch and set FF to use that local socks proxy as well, but VPN is > easiest and most solid. > > The problem is when you only want to proxy some traffic... if you figure > out the best way to do that, please let us know. > > Jeremy > >
I agree with Jeremy. SSH tunneling is the easiest and fastest way to do a "proxy" on the fly. I use it litterally everyday both at home, school and public wifis. I use an SSH tunnel to a friend's place in the USA to get around Google Voice's "USA only restrictions", as well as YouTube's "This video cannot be viewed in your country" messages. At school I use SSH tunneling to connect to my CVS server for my school projects, and as well just to keep my browsing and etc "private". In public wifis, I use SSH tunneling to bypass "pay systems" by basicly SSH'ing to a linux server by IP (thereby bypassing the DNS hacks that public/paid wifis use to bring you to the pay/login screen) and also to keep my traffic encrypted in an SSH tunnel since public wifi's are not encrypted/secure and anybody could use wireshark to capture your logins and passwords. If you are on a Windows system, setting up an SSH proxy/tunnel is very simple with putty, and other linux, you will find all the required information under the command "info ssh" or "man ssh". Alex _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
