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gianko	2014-12-04 , 15:37
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I was reading a tutorial for safe connection when using public wifi hotspots in Full Circle Magazine issue n°37 http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-37/
the tutorial is in Command&Conquer section.

It shows how to connect to your ssh server, so all the data is encrypted and the public wifi is used just as link to your home server.

all traffic forwarded to port 8080 with

Code:

ssh -D 8080 your_username@your_server_ip

Btw, in the tutorial they suggest to configure a SOCKS proxy in Firefox, but N900 browser is different

so,what to do? can we just go to the N900 Settings->Network Settings->Connections-> choose the wifi hotspot connection->Modify and in Advanced, choose: Use proxy?

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	peterleinchen	2014-12-04 , 19:07
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Yes.

Here is an example with modest, should be similar.
Keep in mind that proxy setting in wifi settings are not system wide.

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gianko	2014-12-04 , 22:05
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Originally Posted by peterleinchen

Yes.

Here is an example with modest, should be similar.
Keep in mind that proxy setting in wifi settings are not system wide.

Btw i cannot find socks proxy in wifi settings, just http, https, ftp and rtsp proxys.

what is the closest way to a system wide settings that forward the most traffic to ssh server?

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nieldk	2014-12-05 , 05:43
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You need a local proxy on N900, and proxy through that.
Have a peek here
http://www.maemonokian900.com/maemo-...em-wide-proxy/

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	macey	2014-12-05 , 14:47
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Hi, I started the threat that is referred to here. Again. Many thanks to peterleinchen for helping me set this up. I am still using this method on all of my n900`s, also my netbooks. Thanks peterleinchen