On Fri, January 12, 2007 1:06 pm, Matthew Walker wrote: > > On Fri, January 12, 2007 1:03 pm, Troy Bowman wrote: >> On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 10:24 -0700, Matthew Walker wrote: >> >>> Won't work. I can use Putty to create an SSH tunnel to a server I >>> control >>> running Squid, and direct my local browser to use the localhost port as >>> proxy. >> >> Actually, you don't even need squid on the other end. All you need is >> to make ssh use its DynamicForward: >> >> $ ssh -N -f -D 1080 remotehost >> >> And, bam! I have a socks5 proxy tunnel from your localhost to the >> remotehost. Any application that can use socks5 (firefox, xchat, gaim, >> etc) can now use the tunnel to connect to anything through the tunnel >> and from the remote host. >> > > Any idea on how to do this from Windows? I don't have the choice at work, > unfortunately, because of VPN software requirements. >
Nevermind... may have found it. *fiddles with putty* -- Matthew Walker Kydance Hosting & Consulting LAMP Specialist /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
