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

[blobby at openmailbox.org]

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 at openmailbox.org> 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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