Example SSH forwards


SSH through office firewall, forward into Squid proxy:

  home$ ssh office -L 9999:squid.int.my_co.com:3128 "sleep 1d" &
  home$ export http_proxy=http://localhost:9999/
  home$ w3m http://payroll.int.my_co.com/cgi-bin/giveraise

SSH through office firewall, providing connection back to home web server:

  home$ ssh office -R 8888:localhost:80 "sleep 1d" &
  work$ wget -r http://localhost:8888/bachelor_party-2003/
  work$ find . -name \*png | xargs lpr -Pcolour_printer