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.
Posts Tagged SSH
SSH Proxy
Nov 30
OpenSSH escape characters
Oct 19
SSH has tilde (~) as an escape character by default. Make sure that the last you typed in was nothing or a newline, then type one of the following sequences:
~. - terminate connection ~B - send a BREAK to the remote system ~C - open a command line ~R - Request rekey (SSH protocol 2 only) ~^Z - suspend ssh ~# - list forwarded connections ~& - background ssh (when waiting for connections to terminate) ~? - this message ~~ - send the escape character by typing it twice
References
OpenSSH Escape Characters
man page ssh(1)