- Open Putty
- Type In Your Host Name
- Under the connection category, click the plus sign next to SSH to expand.
- Click on the "Tunnels" Sub-Category
- Type in "1080" for the "Source port"
- Select the radio button "Dynamic"
- Click "Add"
- Now that the port is added, click "Open" to establish the connection
- Log in as usual
- Minimize Putty
- In FireFox, click Tools then Options
- In the General category, select "Connection Settings" under the connection sub-category.
- Once in "Connection Settings" click on "Manual proxy configuration"
- In the "SOCKS Host" field, enter "127.0.0.1"
- In the Port field, use the port established in Putty earlier (1080)
- Click "OK"
- Click "OK" again to get out of the general options.
You're Finished! Goto http://whatismyip.com/ to see the IP address of the SSH server that you are connected to!
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