Re: [tor-talk] Torsocks plus ssh plus command line browser - does this idea make sense?

[blobby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

The reason, simply, is that I have never used the -D of ssh before!

So am I running torsocks ssh to the VPS and then ssh -D to 8080 at the 
same time?

Why would the local SOCKS run on 8080? Tor runs, I think, on 9150?

I'm sure you're right but could you please spell it out for me. Thanks!

On 2016-03-14 13:16, Ben Tasker wrote:
> > ) download a browser that allows access from the command line e.g. 
> > Lynx
> (not TBB).
>
> There are potentially valid reasons for doing it this way, but is there 
> a
> reason you're not thinking of doing
>
> ssh -D 8080 myvps
>
> And then pointing (say) Firefox at the local socks port on 8080. (i.e. 
> all
> steps the same except C - so still routing to the VPS via Tor).
>
> You'd want to make sure you could acquire the VPS anonymously, there's
> little point in having Tor in between if the connection appears to
> originate from a VPS registered in your name, with your card as the 
> billing
> details.
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 1:11 PM, <blobby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Let's say I want to access a website and appear to be from country X. 
> > I
> > can't use Tor because there are no exit nodes for Country X.
> >
> > Can I:
> >
> > a) buy a VPS from a hosting company that provides an IP that is from
> > Country X?
> >
> > b) use torsocks to login to my VPS via ssh.
> >
> > c) download a browser that allows access from the command line e.g. 
> > Lynx
> > (not TBB).
> >
> > d) access the destination website.
> >
> > AUIU, my VPS sees the tor exit node IP but the destination site sees 
> > the
> > VPS IP in Country X.
> >
> >
> > Does this sound viable? Is there an easier way than ssh? If this idea 
> > is
> > sensible, then the command line means I have to use a very basic 
> > browser
> > like Lynx. Correct?
> >
> > All ideas / opinions / criticisms / suggestions welcomed.
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