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Ssh proxy hosting5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() The thought of administering a Linux server is enough to make most folks run for the exits. Regardless, your uncle Bob probably doesn’t live in a data center with a speedy fiber connection like what you should get with most any decent VPS. Possible exceptions may be some of the new low-voltage mini computers like the Wandaboard (I’d like to try one!). Check Low End Box for cheap VPS hosts (that’s where I found mine).Īt $2 per month or less, renting space on a VPS server should be far less expensive than keeping a physical computer running all the time at a friend or relative’s house in another country. I am renting resources from a small VPS operator that charges $16/year and includes allocation of far more system resources than are needed for running a simple SSH server (I could also host my websites on it if I were in the mood for that kinda thing). Other applications can be configured to tunnel via SOCKS proxy but for most folks, a tunneled web browse will likely be sufficient. For FTP, Filezilla also has SOCKS configuration options and runs on just about anything. On any OS, Firefox is the web browser with the best SOCKS configuration options. This solution is cross-platform it works natively from OS X, Linux, and other Unix-based guest systems, and is also accessible from Windows computers using PuTTY. I have been using a physical server I set up in another country for this purpose for over a year now and recently started using a cheap hosted VPS provider as well (VPS = Virtual Private Server think industrial-grade VMWare or VirtualBox setup). I have had most consistent results accessing the great wilds of the open Internet via a SOCKS tunnel established through an SSH server. Those and other factors have lead me to explore a number of options for obtaining relative online autonomy. How to: SSH SOCKS Proxy Server on a Cheap VPSĪccess to a proxy server located on an outside network can be handy folks in certain countries may need it to reach unfiltered content others may want to reach local resources on a remote LAN some may want to use Google Voice phone out services from overseas, or buy stuff online without geolocation issues.Ĭommercial VPN services, which could work for most of the above purposes, are both expensive and frequently inaccessible in certain countries (which will remain nameless).
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