How to create a proxy server if you only have an ssh connection to the internet

You can use the ssh command to create a SOCKS proxy server.

In a GNU/Linux distribution or BSD
You go in a terminal, and type:

ssh -D 10806 user@host

Where user and host is your ssh account. The host computer needs to be able to reach the internet without proxy.

This command creates a SOCKS proxy on your localhost on port 10806. You can then point your browser to use this proxy.

Additional notes

 * The above technique may also be useful if you already have an internet connection, but need to browse a private intranet where you have an ssh account.
 * The ssh command is part of OpenSSH which is part of almost every GNU/Linux or BSD distribution, and also some other Unix systems and clones.
 * If the ssh server at host does not allow port forwarding, then this technique does not work.

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