[TriLUG] SSH question ( 14th )

[Jack Hill via TriLUG]

On Mon, 14 Jun 2021, Brian McCullough via TriLUG wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 12:38:33PM -0400, Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list wrote:
>> Apologies if I missed why this wouldn't work. I've only quickly scanned the
>> thread, but thought of an idea that might be helpful.
>> 
>> For situations like this, I generally use ssh's -D option. The invocation
>> usually goes something like:
>> 
>> $ ssh -D localhost:8080 user at B
>> 
>> Then I configure my browser to use localhost:8080 as a SOCKS proxy. Now
>> connections that I make with that browser all go through machine B.
>
> Just to make sure that I am doing this correctly.
>
>
> In "A", I issued: ssh -D localhost:8080 me at B
> I then opened Firefox, went to Network Settings and told it that I
> wanted to Manually set the Proxy Settings.  I went to the SOCKS ( 5 )
> field and told it that the host name was "localhost" and the port was
> 8080.
> I then went to the address bar, and entered "http://B/u/r/l" and got the
> result that I expected, not a surprise.
> Finally, I went to the address bar, and entered "http://C/u/r/l" and got
> a 504 Gateway Timeout.

Yes, it sounds like you did everything correctly, or at least how I was 
thinking. An additional cross check, if B can reach the general internet, 
would be to browse to one of those "what is my IP" pages and verify it 
tells you B's IP.

Best,
Jack