Comments on: Use your Linux server as a proxy (SSH Tunnel + SOCKS Proxy Forwarding)

By: proxy list txt 2016

proxy list txt 2016 — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 09:39:09 +0000

An anonymous proxy also does not show a true IP address, but does modify
the request fields, creating it straightforward to detect via log
evaluation that the user is making use of a proxy.

By: GNU-FTW

GNU-FTW — Tue, 10 May 2016 13:49:40 +0000

In reply to GNU-FTW. What I forgot to add is, if the server is only listening on the loopback address you wont be able to connect to it from another computer.

By: GNU-FTW

GNU-FTW — Tue, 10 May 2016 13:45:05 +0000

Great article, thanks for sharing.
But to the command you should add the listening address, because by default is going to listen only at the loopback address (127.0.0.1).

In this example, I use the port 50000

With the OP way:
Command: ssh -D 50000 user@localhost

Actual listening port and address

netstat -ntpl | grep 50000
(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:50000 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 9838/ssh
tcp6 0 0 ::1:50000 :::* LISTEN 9838/ssh

With the other way
Command: ssh -D 0.0.0.0:50000 user@localhost

Actual listening port and address

netstat -ntpl | grep 50000
(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:50000 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 9878/ssh