SSH as a proxy

Sven Arvidsson — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:45:26 +0000

I have yet to set up OpenVPN and making it work with NetworkManager (this is planned some time after I install FreeWRT on the router) so I have naturally been a bit hesitant to connect to unsecured wireless networks. It turns out there is an easy way to secure your connection with tools already installed, SSH:

Then I found that ssh has a really nifty -D option to implement a SOCKS5 proxy. Therefore all I needed to do was ssh -D localhost:8080 remote.box and then setup Firefox to use localhost:8080 as a SOCKS proxy server.

Thank you Ian Wienand for sharing this useful tip!

Cheap USB Bluetooth dongle from Tradera

Sven Arvidsson — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:17:58 +0000

Just for the record. The cheap Bluetooth USB dongles being sold on Tradera (and I’m sure other places) seems to work perfectly with Linux 2.6.25 and BlueZ 3.30.

lsusb identifies it as “Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle”.

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SSH as a proxy

Cheap USB Bluetooth dongle from Tradera