VPNs for Ubuntu

[Karl Auer]

On Wed, 2022-05-11 at 10:59 +0100, Peter Flynn wrote:
> You just need access (in your case) to an ssh 
> > account in the UK where you have a login
> 
> Yes, I used to do this, but I don't live in the UK and I don't have
> any accounts there any more, and I suspect the hassle of trying to
> open a new login account with an ISP these days when you have a
> foreign address isn't worth it.

That's the point of the AWS account. You can open one from wherever you
are, and use it wherever else you are. Set up the account once, it's
done. Or set up multiple accounts - no problem, AWS encourages that.
The accounts are free remember. Have one for this and one for that. You
don't need to open ISP accounts.

Then when you are sitting in a hotel in Brazil and discover you need a
VPN in Sydney (or the US, or UK, or Germany, or South Africa or
wherever), you can set one up in about ten minutes.

> If you do have such access, though, logging in with ssh -X (or -Y)
> and then using firefox --no-remote will execute FF on the remove
> machine but open its window on your local system.

Useful, but only with quite fast access at both ends. Another way to
get just the traffic going over the link and not the display is to do
this:

ssh -N -f -L 8080:the.real.site.com:443 you at your_sh_server

add "127.0.0.1 the_real_site.com www.the_real_site.com" to /etc/hosts
and browse to:

https://the.real.site.com:8080

But the SOCKS solution is more generally useful. It basically does the
same thing, but for all connections to any sites.

Regards, K.

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