

The compression algorithm is the same used by gzip(1),Īnd the “level” can be controlled by the CompressionLevel optionįor protocol version 1. Stderr, and data for forwarded X11, TCP and UNIX-domain connec‐ C Requests compression of all data (including stdin, stdout, To connect Chrome to the proxy I run the following line: nohup google-chrome-stable -proxy-server="socks5://127.0.0.1:1234" & > /dev/null 2>&1 Then for Chrome I run a command line so I don't have to set the settings to Chrome every time I want to go through the proxy, then no proxy. I am able to connect to my hosts that way without any problems. Also note that I don't have anything in the No Proxy for: box. Then I make sure that SOCKS v5 is selected.
SSH PROXY SOCKS MANUAL
I open my tunnel connection with the following command: ssh -CfND 1234 in Firefox under the Connection Settings in the Manual proxy configuration I only fill in the SOCKS Host: with 127.0.0.1 and Port: 1234. This will send a server keepalive to your tunnel every 15 seconds. In ~/.ssh/config add the following information ( if the file does not exist, create it.). Once I added the following stuff, my connection stays open: I have had to add a timeout to a ssh config file or my tunnel will timeout and I lose my connection. I also use Firefox, Chrome and Ubuntu 16.04.ĮDIT: I forgot one part of this.

I have to use a proxy everyday at work in order to connect to servers on the other side of a firewall. I have some add-ons, but a) I've disabled them selectively with no help, and b) I have (of course) tried safe-mode.

Once I get a connection, further reloads do not cause it to be lost. And after a few tries - sometimes 3-4, sometimes as many as 15-20 - I get a connection and everything works! So the tunnel / SOCKS connection is available, it's just that FF refuses to use it until it is bullied into doing so. And I do it again, and again, and again, as rapidly as I can. So I hit "Try again" or the little reload arrow. " When I say "instantly," I mean this pops back to me in some small fraction of a second. I type in a URL or click a link and I instantly get "Unable to connect" / "Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at. The problem is that FF doesn't seem to "want" to establish a connection. However, on this particular instance of FF, I get odd and intermittent problems. Once I get it working, it always works smoothly. I have proxied FF and other browsers through it for many thousands of sessions on a dozen or more different platforms across all major OSes. One key point to note here is that the tunnel I am setting up is on a remote server I have been using for this purpose for many years. Ssh -D 1234 point Firefox's SOCKS proxy to localhost on tcp/1234. I am having difficulty making connections to websites using Firefox over a tunneled SOCKS proxy.
