Comments on: Advanced OS X: Surf a Secure Tunnel via SSH

By: Justin R. Miller

Justin R. Miller — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:26:51 +0000

I just wanted to point out Meerkat, a product I developed for more easier tunneling on the Mac. It will do dynamic (-D) tunnels as well, and in combination with something like NetworkLocation, it could setup your Mac to use it automatically based on physical location.

By: Bill Graefe

Bill Graefe — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:10:40 +0000

It’s not squid but SOCKS V5 (if Leopard).

The port you pick for -D doesn’t matter so long as it’s unused. 8080 is commonly for a user (not computer) level http server so I’d not use that. Whatever number you pick here must be set in the port number used by Network prefs or the browser. The reason it doesn’t matter (provided you don’t try to use a port already in use) is it’s all contained within the client computer.

The outbound port from client to server is not specified in the above. That’s done with -p switch and can be used to pick a port that a firewall does permit. 443 is likely open as that’s used for https: (secure web). The server setup has to be configured to listen there. Some routers support port forwarding with remapping so you could take the -p port into port 22 where the SSH server defaults to. Otherwise, you’ll have to reset the Mac sshd to use the -p specified. If you’re using a free/paid service, you’ll need to configure it based on what they say (and trust them with the data you’re sending)

By: alma

alma — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:30:35 +0000

It simply isn’t working for me.
I am using in the school the putty,windows ssh client. The home Mac is ready to accept ssh requests. I am able to login via ssh port 80 to the home machine, but i cant use the school browser if I change the proxy to localhost:port, when I redirect.
The article (and the others as well) doesnt desribe what kind of proxy runs on the mac. is it squid? why is it 8080 or why 1080? some site states 1080.

thanks.

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By: PO

PO — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:34:55 +0000

Hi, I am successfully using this, but it’s not working with multiple connections, so if I’m downloading a file via http, I can’t navigate on any other webpages before the download is complete. Is this a configuration somewhere?

By: David

David — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:49:47 +0000

Anybody knows this command what means?

ssh -l xRaid xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

By: Watermarker

Watermarker — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:42:45 +0000

I have installed Leopard to my PS, can use described configuration…

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By: Lucian

Lucian — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:42:25 +0000

Best tool to check your IP address is: Ip address lookup . Gives you exact location and map.

By: DL

DL — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:33:23 +0000

the tunnel is in effect a SOCKS proxy. make sure your web browser is set up correctly to use the proxy (on localhost).

By: Edward

Edward — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:26:45 +0000

Hi
I followed these instructions, and i can get a tunnel up, however, i cant get access to a webpage across it. Do i need to run a proxy at the end of the tunnel to fetch page i request? if so how do i get the output from the server end of the SSH tunnel to connect to the proxy?

Any help would be appriciated

Thanks

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Brandon — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:02:03 +0000

can you tell me how to tunnel SAMBA and vnc over ssh, I want to control a headless ubuntu box from a 10.4 Tiger laptop?

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LaSombra — Thu, 31 May 2007 09:48:33 +0000

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By: Dovergeek

Dovergeek — Mon, 28 May 2007 23:33:14 +0000

Would be nice if I could utilize SSH through our firewall but it only allows IP ranges on our Intranet, so no love from our Network Admins.

This is fairly common security practice in large corporations.

By: teszeract

teszeract — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:03:53 +0000

I wonder if this system can be used for doubling up on using services that limit downloads to one IP at a time. IOW, on the client, use Firefox+ssh and Safari without?

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By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 24 May 2007 11:10:06 +0000

Yeah … this would be ubercool … make a sequel on using SSH as SOCKS Proxy, http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2004/11/22/ssh_socks