Protect Internet connection via SSH

When two computers are connected via SSH, all data transferred between them is encrypted.

Protect Internet connection via SSH Picture 1 Network Administration - It would be great if all Internet connections in the world are safe and encrypted, and you don't have to worry about hackers who can sniff their data online! However this does not exist in the real world. Especially when using a public network (public), you will expose yourself to thousands of hackers, who are just waiting for such opportunities to steal important data from you.

Fortunately we have a few ways to encrypt the Internet connection on public networks, and one of the ways we like it is to create an SSH tunnel effect. At first glance you may find it quite technical for most ordinary users, but we can be certain that you and other users are very easy to implement this encryption method.

What is SSH?

In short, SSH is a method (or a little technique, it is a protocol) used to connect two computers in the form of secure encryption. When two computers are connected via SSH, all data transferred between them is encrypted. Tunnel SSH ( SSH Tunneling ) is simply a method in which we use a computer connected to the network as a proxy to browse the web. When we browse the web (with our browser) via the SSH tunnel, the proxy server retrieves the web content and sends it back to our computer via a secure connection. The two main advantages in using SSH are:

Hide your IP address
Create a secure connection to prevent hackers from sniffing your data

SSH is mainly used in Linux and Mac, but Windows users can also use SSH with Cygwin .

Begin

Before you start, there are a few things you need to get here:

An SSH server
An SSH client. For Windows users, download Cygwin here.
Username to enter the password to login to the remote computer

Note : If you have a website running on a third-party web server, you already have an SSH server ready for use. But there should be a web server that allows access via SSH.

On a Mac or Linux computer, open a terminal window. Windows users open Cygwin application.

Type the following command:

 ssh -D 9999 login @ domain.com

The default gateway for SSH server is port 22, but this may differ slightly depending on the SSH server. In this case, you need to find the port number from your web server and enter it in the command:

 ssh -D 9999 -p PORT login @ domain.com

Here PORT is the port number to connect.

Login is the name that you will login and the domain can be an IP address or domain name.

You will be prompted to enter a password.

Configure browser

In the browser, go to the page containing the options and find the section to change your Proxy settings.

Check the ' Manual Proxy Configuration' button . In the SOCKS field, enter ' localhost ' and 9999 for the gate field.

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Save and close the options page.

Now your connection is safe.

Disconnect the SSH session

To disconnect from the SSH session, you first need to change your browser settings back to 'Direct Internet Connection' (or whatever it was set up earlier).

Next, in the terminal window, type

 exit

You will then disconnect your SSH session connection.

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