Did you know that OpenSSH includes function to act as a SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 host? (I didn’t)

It is as simple as creating a “Dynamic forwarded port” in PuTTY or using the -D switch with the SSH client.

Tunnelling just became a whole lot easier.

References

HOWTO: Secure Firefox and IM with PuTTY

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