NAME
proxytunnel - program to tunnel a connection throught
an standard HTTPS proxy.
SYNOPSIS
proxytunnel [options]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the
proxytunnel command.
proxytunnel is a program that open a tunnel through a
HTTPS proxy.
OPTIONS
This program follow the usual GNU command line
syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').
- -h, --help
- Print help and exit.
- -V, --version
- kPrint the version of the program and exit.
- -i, --inetd
- Run from inetd. Default is off.
- -u STRING, --user=STRING
- The username to send to HTTPS proxy for authentification.
- -s STRING, --pass=STRING
- The password to send to HTTPS proxy for authentification.
- -g STRING, --proxyhost=STRING
- The HTTPS Proxy host:port combo to connect to.
- -d STRING, --dest=STRING
- The destination host:port to built the tunnel to.
- -r STRING, --remproxy=STRING
- The second-level proxy host:port to connect to.
- -v, --verbose
- Turn on verbosity. Default is off.
- -q, --quiet
- Suppress messages. Default is off.
NOTES
To use this program with OpenSSH to connect to a host
somewhere, create a $HOME/.ssh/config file with the following
content:
Host foobar
ProtocolKeepAlives
30
ProxyCommand
/usr/bin/proxytunnel -p proxy.customer.com:8080 -u user
-s password -d mybox.athome.nl:443
If your proxy doesn't require the username and password for
using it, you can skip these options.
If you want to run proxytunnel from inetd add the '--inetd'
option.
Most HTTPS proxies do not allow access to ports other than 443
(HTTPS) and 563 (SNEWS), so some hacking is necessary to start the
SSH daemon on the required port. (On the server side add an extra
Port statement in the sshd_config file)
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Loïc Le Guyader
<loic.leguyader@laposte.net>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).