[CentOS] ssh -D socks proxy through CentOS-5

Thu Sep 29 19:13:02 UTC 2011
Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com>

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:54 AM, James B. Byrne <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca> wrote:
> Is there anything special in the way of configuration that
> is required to enable a CentOS box to act as the point of
> origin for an http request routed to it via a SOCKS ssh
> link?
>
> I have researched this matter and the recommended
> procedure is to open an SSH connection to the desired host
> passing the requisite switches so:
>
>  ssh -f -n -D <port> user at host.domain.tld
>
> And then reconfigure the desired applications to use the
> localhost:<port> as the SOCKS proxy.

Would this blog help? It's been working for me:

http://blog.toracat.org/2008/09/socks-proxy-with-auto-config/

Akemi