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what is SSH Tunneling ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunneling_protocol
Requirements
Putty (Here)
A shell account ( not necessarily a root account )
Mozilla Firefox
Procedure
Open Putty
and type your host name and the ssh port ( by default it will be 22)
and then
Click on ssh > Tunnels
and enter a source port (something above thousand will do )
lets use 1337 :P and then click on Dynamic for Destination
and click add..
and then you can go back to Session and you can save that settings with the desired name so that you can skip these things for the next time :P
and click open ..and then you have to login with the credentials what you have ( root or any shell acc will do )
and then minimise the putty window..
next we will open the firefox settings tab and fill thedetails as shown in the below image
select the port what you have used as source port in the putty window (we had used 1337 )..
and save the settings..
you are done..
then make sure that its working by visiting any site which shows the ip, and other details ..
on of the sites is ipmango.com
enjoy..
what is SSH Tunneling ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunneling_protocol
Requirements
Putty (Here)
A shell account ( not necessarily a root account )
Mozilla Firefox
Procedure
Open Putty
and type your host name and the ssh port ( by default it will be 22)
and then
Click on ssh > Tunnels
and enter a source port (something above thousand will do )
lets use 1337 :P and then click on Dynamic for Destination
and click add..
and then you can go back to Session and you can save that settings with the desired name so that you can skip these things for the next time :P
and click open ..and then you have to login with the credentials what you have ( root or any shell acc will do )
and then minimise the putty window..
next we will open the firefox settings tab and fill thedetails as shown in the below image
select the port what you have used as source port in the putty window (we had used 1337 )..
and save the settings..
you are done..
then make sure that its working by visiting any site which shows the ip, and other details ..
on of the sites is ipmango.com
enjoy..