Common questions

Does SSH use HTTP proxy?

Does SSH use HTTP proxy?

You need an SSH client that can issue CONNECT requests through the company HTTP proxy. If you’re on Windows, using Putty is fine as it has built-in support for tunneling through a HTTP proxy. If you’re on unix/linux (or cywgin) you can use openssh with corkscrew to go through the proxy to your home computer’s port 443.

How do I SSH to a proxy server?

To do this in PuTTY on Windows, select Connection > SSH > Tunnels. Select the “Dynamic” option. For “Source Port”, enter the local port. For example, if you wanted to create a SOCKS proxy on port 8888, you’d enter 8888 as the source port.

What is proxy SSH?

The “ProxyCommand” ssh directive allows you to connect to a computer behind a gateway machine without explicitly logging in to the gateway machine. ssh/config file on the machine you want to initiate the connection from.

How does SSH proxy work?

In an SSH Proxy configuration, the firewall resides between a client and a server. SSH Proxy enables the firewall to decrypt inbound and outbound SSH connections and ensures that attackers don’t use SSH to tunnel unwanted applications and content.

Does SSH use port 443?

“SSH” has its own protocol, so if you run ssh on port 443 there is always the possibility that a firewall or other snooping agent detects that the traffic is not HTTPS (since it deviates from TLS), and blocks it.

How do I connect to a proxy?

Connecting to a proxy server

  1. Open Chrome.
  2. Open the Customize and control Google Chrome menu.
  3. Click Settings > System > Open proxy settings.
  4. Use Internet Properties to set up a connection for your type of network:
  5. Enter the address of your proxy server, and a proxy port number.
  6. Click OK to save your changes.

What is ProxyCommand in SSH config?

ProxyJump is the simplified way to use a feature that ssh has had for a long time: ProxyCommand . ProxyCommand works by forwarding standard in (stdin) and standard out (stdout) from the remote machine though the proxy or bastion hosts.

What is the SSH protocol?

SSH or Secure Shell is a network communication protocol that enables two computers to communicate (c.f http or hypertext transfer protocol, which is the protocol used to transfer hypertext such as web pages) and share data.

What is ProxyCommand?

The ProxyCommand itself is a specific command used to connect to a remote server—in the case of the earlier example, that would be the manual ssh command used to first connect to the bastion: $ ssh -o ProxyCommand=”ssh -W %h:%p bastion-host” remote-host.

What port should I use for SSH?

22
You can configure the port numbers to use for SSH and Telnet connections: The default port for SSH client connections is 22; to change this default, enter a port number between 1024 and 32,767.

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Ruth Doyle