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Sunday, January 20, 2013

Configure Firefox to use with SSH tunnel

 Myntra
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We are using Firefox because it is more compatible with SOCKS proxy than any other browser. If you don't have Mozilla Firefox, then download it with the following link:

Get Firefox

First of all, create an SSH tunnel using putty. See below link for how to configure PuTTY to create SSH tunnel:

Create SSH Tunnel using PuTTY

Now, open Mozilla FireFox.

Then, Click on 'Tools' at the menu bar and then select 'Options'.

Now, click on the 'Advanced' tab and then click 'Network' Tab.



Then on the 'Connection' box, click on the 'Settings' button.



Select 'Manual proxy configuration:' and enter 127.0.0.1 on the box where it says 'SOCKS Host:'.

Now, enter the port which you have used as your local port while creating a tunnel. ( 8080 in the previous tutorial).

Click 'OK' buttons .

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Now, in the browser address bar, type about:config and press ENTER. This opens different preferences of Firefox.

On the 'Search' bar, type network.proxy.socks. The list will automatically filter as you type in.




Now, right click on  network.proxy.socks_remote_dns and select 'Toggle' from the menu to change its value to true. This will prevent DNS queries from leaking and therefore adding privacy.


Now close Firefox and Restart it, and its done.....

Enjoy surfing using SSH Tunneling.....

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