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Proxy

Asked by Mike Brown

I would like to know how to set up a proxy.

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Best Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#1

Are you wanting to set up your own server to be used as a proxy or just want to set up firefox or something to use a proxy that you have access to?

If the former, you can set up SSH and tunnel through that. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHHowto. You need access to your own computer or server to do this.

If the latter there are a lot of how tos out there on configuring firefox (or other apps). This one looks okay http://uniqueinternetservices.com/configure-proxy-for-firefox.html. That is to set up http proxy. The other option is a socks proxy. Try something like http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/12/08/ssh-tunnel-socks-proxy-forwarding-secure-browsing/.

Hope that helps.

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Mike Brown (mslorteau) said : 		#2

Thanks Jim Hutchinson, that solved my question.

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#3

Glad I could help.