Re: What VPN should I run over SSH?

From: Darren Tucker (dtucker_at_dodgy.net.au)
Date: 12/31/03

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    In article <d89364bd.0312301154.4699868b@posting.google.com>,
    John <johnfofawn@hotmail.com> wrote:
    [snip description]
    >>From my laptop I connect (via Bluetooth) to my T-Mobile phone and the
    >GPRS network. I then can SSH (via port 995) from my laptop to my home
    >computer. Great! Now I can CVS, VNC, etc.
    >
    >T-Mobile also blocks https (port 443). I want to be able to view https
    >websites from my laptop. I think the best solution is to run a VPN
    >over the SSH connection.

    Apparently OpenVPN can be run over an SSH port forward.

    If your SSH client supports "dynamic forwarding" (OpenSSH does, not sure
    about others) you can enable that and tell your browser to use localhost
    as its SOCKS proxy).

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    Darren Tucker (dtucker at zip.com.au)
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