#PUTTY SSH TUNNEL HOW TO#
#PUTTY SSH TUNNEL INSTALL#

We go to SSH / Tunneling as we see in the capture. In Source Port we put the port that we are going to use for the tunnel (for example the 8081), destination we leave it blank and in the options below we put it in Dynamic and in AUTO . And then we select ADD (to add the configuration). First screen: Host Name (or IP address) - Set the host name equal to USERHOST where USER is the user on the server with which you will be connecting and HOST is the IP address or hostname of the server.

#PUTTY SSH TUNNEL INSTALL#

You can download putty from internet free. It is not necessary to install it since it is a Portable program, we open Putty and we have the following screen: There are a few configurations that you must set precisely to get the SSH tunneling working with your RSA key. The program that we are going to use is Putty, it is a Windows program, but in Linux it works perfectly using the WINE utility. Once we have the SSH server running, we proceed to configure the client.

#PUTTY SSH TUNNEL HOW TO#

This SSH tunnel that we are going to create only encrypts the communications if we configure a Proxy in our browser, the tests have been done with Firefox. This method does not encrypt the services of MSN, Skype, or similar if we have not previously configured in these programs the use of a proxy server. If we want to encrypt absolutely EVERYTHING, including these services, we must follow the How to create OpenVPN. In this tutorial I will explain how to create an SSH tunnel and be able to surf the web in a secure way as if we were in our home. The tutorial that I present is valid for both Windows and Linux, although in Linux there is a command that saves you many unnecessary steps. Browsing The Web Through An SSH Tunnel (Putty / Firefox)

If all you need to secure is your web browsing, there is a simple alternative: a SOCKS 5 proxy tunnel. and the second batch script uses the tunnel.

The first batch script establishes the port forwarding and tunnel. The simple solution is a VPN, but most VPNs requires a client software on your PC, and you may not have administrative rights to install the software. I am trying to translate the GUI settings in Putty for establishing SSH tunnel to command line in Windows batch script. You want to access it with secure way that no one in the middle can watch the traffic. Sometimes you are in a network which is insecure or with an overly-restrictive firewall, and you want to access a web site.

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