The -D option is an amazing feature of SSH that seamlessly creates a dynamic SOCKS proxy over SSH. It allows you to proxy your network traffic through an SSH connection, forwarding requests like a local proxy server. This is commonly used for securely routing network traffic through a remote machine, making it appear as though the traffic originates from that machine.
Here is an example:
ssh -D 1080 myvps
or the equivalent:
ssh -o DynamicForward=1080 myvps
And then you can easily configure your browser or your operating system to use this as a proxy:
This is extremely simple and doesn't require to install any VPN or firewall rules because everything it's a standard SSH feature and everything is tunneled through SSH like normally.
Why eternalterminal?
ssh -D is used for long-lived connections: you configure the proxy in e.g. your browser and you want it to run reliably even when you switch networks, or have internet hiccups, etc. Adding support in eternalterminal would perfectly complement this use case because long-lived resilient connections is where et shines the best!
I tried to run et --ssh-option DynamicForward=1080 myvps but unfortunately it doesn't work (connections to localhost:1080 are refused so I don't think that it actually listens to the port).
The
-Doption is an amazing feature of SSH that seamlessly creates a dynamic SOCKS proxy over SSH. It allows you to proxy your network traffic through an SSH connection, forwarding requests like a local proxy server. This is commonly used for securely routing network traffic through a remote machine, making it appear as though the traffic originates from that machine.Here is an example:
or the equivalent:
And then you can easily configure your browser or your operating system to use this as a proxy:
This is extremely simple and doesn't require to install any VPN or firewall rules because everything it's a standard SSH feature and everything is tunneled through SSH like normally.
Why eternalterminal?
ssh -Dis used for long-lived connections: you configure the proxy in e.g. your browser and you want it to run reliably even when you switch networks, or have internet hiccups, etc. Adding support in eternalterminal would perfectly complement this use case because long-lived resilient connections is whereetshines the best!I tried to run
et --ssh-option DynamicForward=1080 myvpsbut unfortunately it doesn't work (connections tolocalhost:1080are refused so I don't think that it actually listens to the port).