[CentOS] remote ssh to machine how display firefox
Akemi Yagi
amyagi at gmail.com
Fri Dec 7 16:30:31 UTC 2007
On Dec 7, 2007 7:53 AM, Jon Stanley <jonstanley at 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
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