I would like to bypass firewall for web browsing by tunneling my http requests from my client to my proxy server through ssh
port forwarding is part of ssh protocole and fully supported by putty see http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.60/htmldoc/Chapter4.html#config-ssh-portfwd etienne 2009/8/26 Richard Peacock <richard.peac...@minorplanet.com> > I don’t quite understand what you’re trying to do … “to connect to my > server through putty with ssh tunnel” and then later on you try to browse “a > web site”. Are you tying to set up apache as a proxy server (for outbound > requests) and port-forwarding for inbound requests? > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Etienne [mailto:etie...@gnulinux.fr] > *Sent:* 26 August 2009 15:49 > *To:* users@httpd.apache.org > *Subject:* [us...@httpd] creating a proxy > > > > hi all, > > I would like to enable a proxy on my server with port forwarding. > The idea is to connect to my server through putty with ssh tunnel > forwarding localhost:80 to myproxyserver.com:80 > I have enabled proxy module with a2enmod proxy command and setup a > virtualhost > my virtualhost (/etc/apache2/sites-available/myproxyserver) has been > enabled and is as follow > > NameVirtualHost *:80 > <VirtualHost *:80> > ServerAdmin webmas...@localhost > ServerName myproxyserver.com > ProxyRequests On > ProxyVia On > > <Proxy *> > Order deny,allow > Deny from all > Allow from localhost > > </Proxy> > </VirtualHost> > > when I set up proxy to 127.0.0.1 on firefox and try to access to a web > site, I get the following > *Forbidden* > > You don't have permission to access / on this server. > > how can I fix that ? > > > > thanks > > > > etienne > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this > message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this > message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such > person), you must not copy, distribute or take any action in > reliance to it. > In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly > notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately > if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for > messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other > information in this message that do not relate to the official > business of Minorplanet Systems plc shall be understood as > neither given nor endorsed by it. > Minorplanet Systems plc, Registration no: 3372097 > Minorplanet Limited, Registration no: 4072786 > Greenwich House, 223 North Street, Leeds, LS7 2AA > VAT #: 698 1438 86 > ********************************************************************** > > >
