Re: Bypassing restrictive firewalls with polipo - is it possible?

> I need to rent a virtual private server and learn some commandline,

Here is what I do when I'm stuck behind a firefall that's too
restrictive.  The instructions are for both machines running Linux; if
your local host is running Windows, you'll need to download putty and
change the command lines somewhat.

1. On the local host, run

  ssh -L 8123:localhost:8123 remote-host polipo

where remote-host is the hostname of your remote machine.

2. On the local host, set your browser to use localhost:8123 for
   proxying both HTTP and HTTPS.

If your connection to the remote host is slow, you can be a little
more efficient by chaining two polipi:

1. On the local host, run

  polipo parentProxy=localhost:8124
  ssh -L 8124:localhost:8123 remote-host polipo

2. On the local host, set your browser to use localhost:8123 for
   proxying both HTTP and HTTPS.

Enjoy,

-- Juliusz



  

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