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ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -D 1337 -f -C -q -N sammy@your_domain

Explanation of arguments

-i: The path to the SSH key to be used to connect to the host

-D: Tells SSH that we want a SOCKS tunnel on the specified port number (you can choose a number between 1025 and 65536)

-f: Forks the process to the background

-C: Compresses the data before sending it

-q: Uses quiet mode

-N: Tells SSH that no command will be sent once the tunnel is up

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