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Quick, easy SOCKS proxy shortcuts
I noticed in another thread someone pointed to a tutorial for using ssh tunneling with Firefox, so I thought I would share my method for Chrome.
I have 2 shortcuts on my desktop, both for Chrome. The first is normal, but the target in the other is:
C:\Users\u4ia\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe --proxy-server="socks5://localhost:1080"
Just use putty or however you ssh into your server (I personally use cygwin) with
ssh -D 1080 [email protected]
and launch the Chrome proxy shortcut.
I'm sure most everyone knows how to tunnel, but the shortcuts on the desktop might be handy 
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With opera you can just press F12 > Enable proxy servers. Easy as pie
Firefox with Foxyproxy, easy to click button that allows me to select proxy or even setup rules depending on website, that way I can have certain sites use US proxy while other sites use UK Proxy etc
Works great!
And in Chrome I use Proxy Switchy, is very cool.
I just have a shell script with the SSH details.
Also, since Linux/Mac allows you to apply SOCKS proxy's system wide, I just go into it and activate it with one click so everything uses it.
I heard Cgywin is awful, should be. Running UNIX on DOS seems pointless, and sorta ruins the advantages of Linux/Unix (e.g. Security, Stability, Performance)
Firefox+MM3
easy, slick and changeable with a click on the toolbar
But Windows isn't DOS :P.
Its the next worse thing, and based upon it.
Of course, it runs under Windows
But if you need to be in a Windows OS, it works. I initially installed it to use git, but there are a lot of other tools you can install also, like vim and nano.
thank you, I needed that!!
Use Putty as SOCKS proxy with WideCap to proxify all your traffic.
Or you can use proxifier (windows) to proxify all your traffic using socks/https even http
Not anymore since 7.
Is wideCap working on 7?
@netomx I am using it on Windows 8
The program filter does not work but proxying works without major issues. Start PuTTY before Widecap else it would try to route your PuTTY connection through itself.
Interesting software that widecap o_O!
So, it tunnels ALL the traffic via socks? Or just the TCP
@yomero It is a fork of FreeCap. Read more about it here http://www.freecap.ru/eng/?p=faq And more FAQ http://widecap.ru/en/faq
All of them
I simply use Tunnelier to open a SSH tunnel and connect it to a local port on startup on all my VM's(Made a small script) and then i simply have my proxy switchy to shuffle em in the browser.
With firefox, go to about:config and change
network.proxy.socks_remote_dns;flase
to
network.proxy.socks_remote_dns;true
That will stop DNS leaks when your using an SSH tunnel