How to encrypt HTTP traffic (and bypass most firewalls) using SSH Tunneling with PuTTY on Windows
September 4, 2008 Comments
I’ve been using SSH Tunneling for a while now mainly to encrypt HTTP traffic when using public wireless access points. I won’t go into detail here, just Google for “SSH Tunneling” if you need more information. I’m also gonna assume you already have an SSH Server set up.
- Download PuTTY and save it to C:/.
- Open notepad, type in the command below and save it as securetunnel.bat (Note: removeusername@ and -pw passwordif you prefer to get prompted for them for security reasons):
- c:\putty -D 8080 -P 22 -ssh username@ssh_server_ip -pw password
- Double-click securetunnel.bat to connect to your SSH server.
- Open your internet browser and change its proxy settings to use 127.0.0.1:8080 as the SOCKS host. To do this in Internet Explorer 7, go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Connections Tab -> LAN Settings -> Check “Use a proxy server for your LAN…” -> Click the “Advanced” button and set the settings just like the picture below:”
- Go to http://www.whatismyip.com and if your public IP shows up the same as your SSH server’s public IP then you’re all set!
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