====== Configuring Firefox over an SSH tunnel ======

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== Contents ==

   * Introduction
   * ...
   * ...


**Keywords:**



====== Some links ======


//[[http://th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/wiki-it/index.php?title=How_to_read_scientific_papers_from_home]]//

//[[http://www.bitvise.com/ssh-web-browsing]]//

//[[http://vedder.se/2012/05/access-ieee-papers-via-chalmers-from-home/]]//

//[[https://calomel.org/firefox_ssh_proxy.html]]//


====== Configuring Firefox ======

**1.** Open a Firefox session, then go to 

**Edit => Preferences => Advanced => Network => Settings**

Use the **Manual Proxy Configuration** and set the following values:


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<code>
SOCKS Host: localhost
Port: 1080
</code>

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Left click **OK**, then **Close**.


**2.** Type ''about:config'' into the address bar e press Return. 


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Enter **network.proxy** in the Filter bar, then set **network.proxy.socks**,
**network.proxy.socks_port** and **network.proxy.socks_remote_dns** values
as shown below

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**3.** Open a Linux terminal and open a tunnel to ''lxplus'' with

<code>
ssh -ND 1080  your_afs_username@lxplus.cern.ch
</code>

The shell hangs and now Firefox is tunnelled with CERN.

====== PuTTY configuration ======




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Last update: [[ pacher@NOSPAMto.infn.it | Luca Pacher ]] - Mar 11, 2013
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