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From: Ed W <lists@wildgooses.com>
Subject: Re: Question about using SSH-tunnel / Frage zum Benutzen eines SSH-Tunnels
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:12:23 +0100
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On 12/08/2011 10:26, J. Zeidler wrote:
> English:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I use a SSH-tunnel with Putty on Ubuntu 11.04. I want to achieve, that
> the network traffic over a specific port is redirected over the tunnel.
> I need this because of a strict firewall, which i can not configure. the
> tunnel runs on localhost:9999. i can use this as proxy with firefox, so
> the tunnel works. i tried this without success:

Try OpenVPN (or your favourite VPN package, possibly SSH with the
tun/tap whatever basic vpn mode?).  This is likely easier to setup and
tunnels all traffic out.  OpenVPN can also run over http connect with a
bit of configuration, so can slip out of fairly locked down firewalls...

Good luck

Ed W