The SSH tunnel will probably work in 90% of cases, but if any of the web pages contain links
which refer to an absolute address on the server it will fail. It's better to set up a SOCKS5
proxy via SSH instead:
ssh -D 1080 remote-ssh-host
Then create a PAC (proxy auto-conf) file for your browser along these lines. The following
example assumes your private network is 192.168.x.x:
function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
// Anything on the 192.168 network goes through SOCKS
if ( isInNet(host, "192.168.0.0", "255.255.0.0") ) {
return "SOCKS5 localhost:1080";
}
// Everything else is a direct connection
return DIRECT;
}
Instead of the PAC file you can use the FoxyProxy add-on for Firefox to write similar rules.
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Use -c blowfish for the fastest compression, it makes a big difference.
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The simplest way would be to setup port forwarding through your ssh tunnel. ssh -L 127.0.0.1:8080:{remote device ip}:80 remote-ssh-host then point your local browser at http://127.0.0.1:8080/ this would remove all overhead of the
X session and allow you to configure the device via its web interface.
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