Hiding Web Traffic with SSH: How to Protect Your Internet Privacy Against Corporate Firewall or Insecure Wireless

Booklet for anyone who wants to keep private and free of censorship Internet access. Step-by-step guide explains how to ensure security on public wireless network, escape the corporate firewall loggers, and avoid Internet proxy filters. Topics include: using SSH for implementing encrypted tunnel, how to install OpenSSH server and client on different versions of Windows, establishing connectivity through Microsoft proxy using PuTTY and cntlm utilities, configuring Firefox to work through secure SSH tunnel, and more (Article: ~2,700 words).Table of Contents includes:1. Introduction2. Solution3. Home Computer as a Server OpenSSH Server Installation OpenSSH Server Configuration Windows Firewall Internet Router Firewall4. Work Computer as a Client Installing and Configuring cntlm Installing and Configuring PuTTY Installing and Configuring Mozilla Firefox Securing Wireless Connection5. Testing Secure Connection6. What’s Next? Batch File Certificate Authentication7. Resources Tools Articles BooksAbout the AuthorSlava Gomzin, CISSP, ECSP, Security+ has more than 15 years of professional experience in software development and application security. Slava Gomzin is Security Architect at Retalix USA. He lives in Dallas, Texas.