SSH Tunnel on Windows and Linux (UNIX)

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Please note: SSH tunnels are generally not very safe, and should only be used as a last resort. Please also read the text and not only the video.

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Hello,

this is Cameron from Telecomix,

today we will bypass oppressive regimes, with SSH-tunnels on Windows and Linux.

In windows. First go to the Putty Tray download page and get the software and run it, then add user@host for your SSH login. Also make sure the port is right.

Then choose tunnels. For the source port you want 12345, destination, localhost. Then select dynamic. Also make sure, that local ports accept connections from other hosts is activated.

Now, you can open up the tunnel. You will be instructed to enter your password, then you see a login screen. Make sure Windows accepts your connection.

Then install Foxy Proxy. Set it to port 12345 pointing at localhost. It is a socks proxy, version five. Also use it for DNS lookups.

Then select your proxy from the browser. Now you are tunneling the traffic through the remote computer. You have avoided censorship. Also check that you have the IP number of the remote computer, at showmyip.com.

Note, not in video: To make sure that your DNS-lookups are also made inside the tunnel, surf to about:config and add/edit the key network.proxy.socks_remote_dns to TRUE.

On Linux, and other UNIX like operating systems, it is much easier. Simply open any type of terminal, and type the following command.

ssh -D12345 user@domain.com

Then log in at the screen.

Then use Foxy Proxy, and you have tunneled your way safely around the censorship regime. Check with showmyip.com for safety.

No encryption tunnel is one hundred percent safe. Learn more about tunnels and encryption at crypto.telecomix.org.

Good luck.