ZurrEnArrh
09-13-2010, 04:33 PM
I saw this asked in the chatbox so I figured I'd answer here. It's trivial to use your seedbox as a proxy, but you need shell access.
This is probably the easiest guide I've found; it uses PuTTY for the PC, but *any* SSH client can be configured to do the same thing.
http://filesharefreak.com/2010/03/22/how-to-create-a-ssh-tunnel-through-your-seedbox-ip-proxy-for-your-home-pc/
These proxies are effectively invisible and unblockable because they're not on any public proxy list and they won't change your headers, so they'll work with pretty much everything. Eg if your seedbox is in the US, it will work with XboxLive, Paypal, Netflix, Hulu, and a bunch of other US-only sites...and hulu is especially notoriously difficult to get working because they block all the known proxy providers and also check your geoIP via Flash.
I was going to take this a step farther and install DD-WRT on my router, along with tables to configure which sites should automatically use a proxy. This would let a PS3/XBox/PC/etc use a proxy invisibly without any setup required (except in the router). I haven't done this yet though, so I can't tell you how...I only know that it's possible.
Banafes brought up a good point about how to do this on a Mac. I don't actually have a Mac but like I said, *any* SSH software can do it so there are lots of options (including building your own Linux SSH client, but that's pretty hardcore).
Just google for "mac ssh tunnel", and the top 5-6 all look good to me. At least one of the options is built into MacOS: see http://www.u.arizona.edu/consult/macx-tunnel.html, but you'll need to change the parameters to match your port and provider.
Hope that helps. I would have written this up as a real tutorial but I don't have the time...
This is probably the easiest guide I've found; it uses PuTTY for the PC, but *any* SSH client can be configured to do the same thing.
http://filesharefreak.com/2010/03/22/how-to-create-a-ssh-tunnel-through-your-seedbox-ip-proxy-for-your-home-pc/
These proxies are effectively invisible and unblockable because they're not on any public proxy list and they won't change your headers, so they'll work with pretty much everything. Eg if your seedbox is in the US, it will work with XboxLive, Paypal, Netflix, Hulu, and a bunch of other US-only sites...and hulu is especially notoriously difficult to get working because they block all the known proxy providers and also check your geoIP via Flash.
I was going to take this a step farther and install DD-WRT on my router, along with tables to configure which sites should automatically use a proxy. This would let a PS3/XBox/PC/etc use a proxy invisibly without any setup required (except in the router). I haven't done this yet though, so I can't tell you how...I only know that it's possible.
Banafes brought up a good point about how to do this on a Mac. I don't actually have a Mac but like I said, *any* SSH software can do it so there are lots of options (including building your own Linux SSH client, but that's pretty hardcore).
Just google for "mac ssh tunnel", and the top 5-6 all look good to me. At least one of the options is built into MacOS: see http://www.u.arizona.edu/consult/macx-tunnel.html, but you'll need to change the parameters to match your port and provider.
Hope that helps. I would have written this up as a real tutorial but I don't have the time...