Re: HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?

2011-11-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Jari Fredriksson wrote: > Bob Proulx kirjoitti: > > I often have a situation that I would like to improve. I need to > > access web servers that exist on a private subnet. I can log in using > > ssh. > > sshuttle is all you need. It is not a proxy per se, but it allows a > "poor man's VPN" over

Re: HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?

2011-11-12 Thread Jari Fredriksson
11.11.2011 0:15, Bob Proulx kirjoitti: > I often have a situation that I would like to improve. I need to > access web servers that exist on a private subnet. I can log in using > ssh. sshuttle is all you need. It is not a proxy per se, but it allows a "poor man's VPN" over plain ssh. https://

Re: HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?

2011-11-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Philipp Tölke wrote: > Can't you tell firefox to use a socks proxy? Tony van der Hoff wrote: > Chris Davies wrote: > >Bob Proulx wrote: > >>Yes. I use it regularly. The -D option sets up a socks server. But > >>that is a socks proxy not an http proxy. It is awesome for socks > >>forwarding th

Re: HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?

2011-11-11 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 11/11/11 15:03, Chris Davies wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Yes. I use it regularly. The -D option sets up a socks server. But that is a socks proxy not an http proxy. It is awesome for socks forwarding though. I use it with the dante socksify program. Works great. Last time I looked, fire

Re: HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?

2011-11-11 Thread Chris Davies
Bob Proulx wrote: > Yes. I use it regularly. The -D option sets up a socks server. But > that is a socks proxy not an http proxy. It is awesome for socks > forwarding though. I use it with the dante socksify program. Works > great. Last time I looked, firefox, at least, supported proxying v

Re: HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?

2011-11-10 Thread Philipp Tölke
> Philipp Tölke wrote: > > Did you look at the -D option for ssh? > > [...] > there is a way but unknown to me. I don't want to run my local > firefox under socksify. I am sure that would work but then I couldn't > easily switch it on and off as needed. Therefore having an actual > external htt

Re: HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?

2011-11-10 Thread Bob Proulx
Timo Boettcher wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Philipp Tölke wrote: > > > Did you look at the -D option for ssh? > > > > But I don't know how to make it operate as an http proxy. Perhaps > > there is a way but unknown to me. I don't want to run my local > > firefox under socksify. I am sure tha

Re: HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?

2011-11-10 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi! * Bob Proulx wrote: > Philipp Tölke wrote: > > Did you look at the -D option for ssh? > > But I don't know how to make it operate as an http proxy. Perhaps > there is a way but unknown to me. I don't want to run my local > firefox under socksify. I am sure that would work but then I could

Re: HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?

2011-11-10 Thread Bob Proulx
Philipp Tölke wrote: > Did you look at the -D option for ssh? Yes. I use it regularly. The -D option sets up a socks server. But that is a socks proxy not an http proxy. It is awesome for socks forwarding though. I use it with the dante socksify program. Works great. For example I have a ne

Re: HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?

2011-11-10 Thread Bob Proulx
Gilles Mocellin wrote: > Bob Proulx, vous avez écrit : > > Can someone recommend a simple HTTP proxy program that I could run > > on the remote ssh logged into system that I could then use to > > provide my local browser access to the web on the remote private > > network? > > What I have used : >

Re: HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?

2011-11-10 Thread Philipp Tölke
> I often have a situation that I would like to improve. I need to > access web servers that exist on a private subnet. I can log in using > ssh. I can of course use lynx, w3m and similar for text mode > browsing. But sometimes those text mode browsers are not suitable to > the needed tasks. I

Re: HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?

2011-11-10 Thread Bob Proulx
Christofer C. Bell wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > I am sure this must be a common need and already solved many times > > over. Can someone recommend a simple HTTP proxy program that I could > > run on the remote ssh logged into system that I could then use to > > provide my local browser access to

Re: HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?

2011-11-10 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le Thursday 10 November 2011 23:15:35 Bob Proulx, vous avez écrit : > I often have a situation that I would like to improve. I need to > access web servers that exist on a private subnet. I can log in using > ssh. I can of course use lynx, w3m and similar for text mode > browsing. But sometimes

Re: HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?

2011-11-10 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > > I am sure this must be a common need and already solved many times > over.  Can someone recommend a simple HTTP proxy program that I could > run on the remote ssh logged into system that I could then use to > provide my local browser access to

HTTP proxy over ssh recommendation?

2011-11-10 Thread Bob Proulx
I often have a situation that I would like to improve. I need to access web servers that exist on a private subnet. I can log in using ssh. I can of course use lynx, w3m and similar for text mode browsing. But sometimes those text mode browsers are not suitable to the needed tasks. I don't wis