Re: [PLUG] Linux Home VPN How To

[Lee Marzke <lee@marzke.net>]

I've found some hotspots , libraries, and others are blocking port 1194 
outbound.
Really the seem to be blocking everything except http, https, pop3, dns 
, etc.


However,  if all you want to do is hide your browsing,  it;s much 
simplier to just do:

1. Setup a ssh server on the internet .   Better yet - setup your sshd 
on port 443 in case the
  hotspot blocks ssh.    port 443 is never blocked.

2. From hotspot open ssh  with a socks tunnel.

   ssh -D localhost:8080 -p 443   -l user  yoursshhost.com           (
   -p 443 optional if your server is on 443 )
   (You can do the same with Putty from Windows )


3. In Firefox,  set the Network config,  Proxy settings to
  Socks   server  localhost   port 8080,     make sure other http 
proxies are blank.

Note this only forwards  tcp requests from a socks compatable client 
like Firefox.

Regards,

Lee Marzke



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