On Dec 7, 2007 7:53 AM, Jon Stanley jonstanley@gmail.com wrote:
Or better yet use ssh -d <some local port> and set your local SOCKS proxy to localhost:<that port> in your browser.
Yes, the SOCKS proxy method is indeed handy and you can redirect only selected URLs fairly easily. In my case, there are web sites I can access only from work computers and I need to get to them from home but do not want to redirect all traffic through work.
Here is a brief howto.
ssh -D 1080 <my work IP>
In firefox, Go to Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Network -> Settings
In the Connection Settings box, select "Automatic proxy configuration URL:" and enter:
file:///path/to/proxylist.pac
The proxylist.pac file may look like this:
function FindProxyForURL(url, host) { // Proxy direct connections to these hosts if ( shExpMatch(url, "http://www.jbc.com/*") || shExpMatch(url, "*.sgmjournals.org/*") || shExpMatch(url, "http://www.ncbi.nih.gov/*") ) { return "SOCKS localhost:1080; DIRECT"; } // Otherwise go directly else return "DIRECT"; }
For more details on the pac file and auto config, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_auto-config
Akemi