The ssh port forwarding command can also be simplified using "ssh -ND 9999 user@example.com" The -N opens up just a shell connection and is optional for when yo

The ssh port forwarding command can also be simplified using "ssh -ND 9999 user@example.com" The -N opens up just a shell connection and is optional for when you dont need to execute commands in that shell. The -D dynamically forwards all requests to localhost:9999 to the server. I use this all the time to tunnel out of networks and it works well with the socks proxy configuration in firefox or your computer's proxy configs