Re: ssh tunneling problem

From: Andreas Stieger (Andreas.Stieger_at_gmx.de)
Date: 01/10/04


Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 15:58:08 +0100

Travis Perkins wrote:

> I am trying to use my work web server from home, via ssh tunneling:
>
> ssh -L 65000:wwwcache.work.com:8080 my_work_machine
>
> ssh works OK (no errors), but when I open mozilla and try to browse
> the web using news.bbc.co.uk:65000, I get that the operation times
> out.

You have to tell your local browser to use 127.0.0.1:65000 as http proxy
server, enter URL as usual, e.g. http://news.bbs.co.uk/