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SSH + Socks + (Firefox + FoxyProxy) = Browsing Freedom

Although tunnel through them would be a more accurate description. I hesitate whether to post this or not, but the little wanna-be-hacker inside me is making me do it. If you find your browsing is constrained by filters, proxies, or any other kind of unwanted restraints and you’ve got a spare offsite SSH Server, there is a solution to all your problems.

The information is not new at all, nor is it complicated, it’s simply combining technologies that most geeks already know about to achieve a result that makes me grin. Take this information for what it’s worth.

SSH is the popular Secure SHell program. Socks is a kind of internet proxy that uses an SSH connection as a proxy. FoxyProxy is a firefox extension that enables proxies on a per site basis.

That’s all I’m going to say.

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