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binhex / arch-privoxyvpn

Docker build script for Arch Linux base with Privoxy and OpenVPN
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Real IP showing up with socks5 ssh tunnel #2

Closed hitchan closed 5 years ago

hitchan commented 5 years ago

I am running this image on a server with port 9118 exposed. I created a socks tunnel through ssh with the following command.

ssh -D 9118 user@server

I configured firefox proxy as 127.0.0.1:9118, and I am able to access the internet. I confirmed that the traffic is being routed through the proxy by changing the port and being unable to browse anywhere.

When I check my external IP in firefox, google is showing my actual IP address. I have used other binhex VPN images (PIA) with success such as deluge, so I am sure the VPN config is setup properly. The logs are showing the VPN connection being setup successfully.

Am I missing something here?

hitchan commented 5 years ago

I believe I solved my own issue. Problem is Firefox doesn't allow sock5 with credentials, cloned the image, removed the auth and it is now working.