![]() In case you’re interested, it’s simplicity itself to do the same thing on Linux or Mac computers using the installed ssh client. All through a secure tunnel to a remote server. You can stream Netflix through it, and browse the net, post to your blog or whatever else takes your fancy. I haven’t tried that yet, the stable version worked fine for me. There’s also a beta version that uses an OpenSSH native binary rather than a Java implementation. Go grab the SSH Tunnel app and you’ll be sending data through your remote host in no time. The bad news is that it has to be rooted to make the most of it. As long as your PuTTY SSH connection remains connected, your. ![]() The good news is that you can now create an ssh tunnel from your Android device. Once the tunnel is established, you now need to set up a SOCKS proxy in your web browser. Select SSH for the Connection type and enter 22 for the Port (or whatever external internet port you are using to connect to your SSH server). (Aside, on what will the record companies blame the falling numbers of CDs sold when the Irish version of SOPA is passed?) First, specify the address of your SSH server in the Session section. A far more mundane reason is the security of my data from others on a public wifi network. Nothing else to install on my server and I get an encrypted tunnel through the internet and out of Ireland which might be a good thing to protect my privacy from the prying eyes of the Irish Government. So, the holy grail of proxying would be doing so through ssh. I also don’t want to install Squid on my public internet server! I’m not sure if it’ll do authentication however unless you add the username:password in the hostname. Apparently this app sets things up correctly too. It’s exposed in Samsung and other ROMs at Settings->Wireless and Network->Wi-Fi Settings, Advanced. ![]() There’s also HTTP proxy support built into Android. I tried pptpd and xl2tpd but pptpd didn’t work (and has security holes) or the configuration is daunting and lengthy when all I want is a simple proxy. Android has had VPN support for donkey’s years but I could never get it working.
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