ssh socks proxy

setup-socks.sh

#
# ssh supports socks proxy forwarding, built-in.
#
# on a mac, a socks proxy is setup in:
#   System Preferences -> Network -> Advanced -> Proxies -> SOCKS Proxy
# chrome, at least, supports this by default. make sure, in "advanced settings",
# it says something like:
#   "Google Chrome is using your computer's system proxy settings to connect
#   to the network."
#
# you need a login on a unix shell account, so you can ssh and ask for socksiness.

# C compress
# 2 ssh2
# q quiet
# T no tty
# n null -> stdin
# N no remote command
# D socks port
ssh -C2qTnN -D 8080 robey@blue.lag.net

# after that, localhost:8080 is your socks server.