You can actually specify the -D in your .ssh/config with "Dynamic Forward 1234". Now whenever you connect, it'll also open up a proxy to which you can optionall

You can actually specify the -D in your .ssh/config with "Dynamic Forward 1234". Now whenever you connect, it'll also open up a proxy to which you can optionally connect. Another neat trick is having a wildcard for a host to set global options, like compression. Here's a little sample of what my ~/.ssh/config looks like: https://gist.github.com/jzelinskie/10675197 https://gist.github.com/jzelinskie/10675197