I often have a situation that I would like to improve. I need to access web servers that exist on a private subnet. I can log in using ssh. I can of course use lynx, w3m and similar for text mode browsing. But sometimes those text mode browsers are not suitable to the needed tasks. I don't wish to forward X directly nor with vnc either since either of those would be very slow.
I used to use the FilterProxy (http://filterproxy.sourceforge.net/) for this purpose. I would run it on the remote machine, forward the ports between the remote and local systems, and set my browser's proxy server to it. Using Firefox plugins such as MM3 ProxySwitch it was very easy to switch between http views of the world. But the FilterProxy project is in much need of love and attention in order to be useful on a modern perl system. I would like to avoid the work needed to make it run on a current system. I am sure this must be a common need and already solved many times over. Can someone recommend a simple HTTP proxy program that I could run on the remote ssh logged into system that I could then use to provide my local browser access to the web on the remote private network? Thanks, Bob
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