Setup a SSH SOCKS 5 Proxy

In Windows

1. Download Plink.

2. Open command prompt, and naviagate to the location you saved plink to.
Then enter the following command. I cant give out specific details due to this website being publicly available. Exact details can be obtained by emailing techsupport@premierconsulting.com

plink.exe -N -D [Local Proxy Port Number] [username]@premierconsulting.com -P [Port Number]

example:

plink.exe -N -D 9999 jsmith@premierconsulting.com -P 12345

In Linux / Mac OSX

Open terminal and enter the following command. (Thats right windows fan boys, linux/unix is so much easier)

ssh -ND [Local Proxy Port Number] [username]@premierconsulting.com -P [Port Number]

example:

ssh -ND 9999 jsmith@premierconsulting.com -P 12345

Set Firefox to use SOCKS proxy

From Firefox’s Tools menu, choose Options, and from the Advanced section choose the Network tab. Next to “Configure how Firefox connects to the Internet” hit the “Settings” button and enter the SOCKS information, which is the server name (localhost) and the port you used (in the example above, 9999.)

example:

localhost, 9999