socks5 proxy via ssh

[alexrt 3]

You guys already allow ssh tunnels. Could you please allow socks5 via ssh as well? This is the -D option for ssh.

 

This is NOT an open socks5 proxy. You first connect via ssh to an AirVPN server, and allow ssh to open a local (127.0.0.1) socks5 proxy such that local applications can use Socks5 but secured by ssh via VPN.

 

e.g.

ssh -D 8080 -N -T -i ~/.ssh/airvpn.key sshtunnel@us.vpn.airvpn.org

[alexrt 3]

bump?

[go558a83nk 352]

I'm curious.  What's the purpose of this?

[alexrt 3]

You can use only particular apps via the vpn without having to turn on VPN for the whole system. Highly useful. For example, I'd like to have one browser using the VPN (using socks5 proxying, which all browser know ho to handle), but not my email or other internet apps.

[09TPXTJyCSHa7he8 0]

Bump?

 

This would be really nice to automate turning up a tunnel, using it for one specific thing (such as accessing geo-restricted content) and then tearing it down.

 

Specifically, I'd like to use this with youtube-dl.  With this option I would be able to bring up a tunnel to the destination country of the video, and then point youtube-dl at it using SOCKS5, then close the connection once the download is complete.

 

I'd also like to use the same setup as alexrt, the ability to point a browser (or even a single tab of a browser, with the right extension) at a proxy without anything else using that connection.