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PROXYTUNNEL(1)         DragonFly General Commands Manual        PROXYTUNNEL(1)


NAME

       proxytunnel - program to tunnel a connection throught an standard HTTPS
       proxy.


SYNOPSIS

       proxytunnel [options]


DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents the proxytunnel command.

       proxytunnel is a program that open a tunnel through a HTTPS proxy.


OPTIONS

       This program follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
       options starting with two dashes (`-').

       -h, --help
              Print help and exit.

       -V, --version
              kPrint the version of the program and exit.

       -i, --inetd
              Run from inetd. Default is off.

       -F STRING, --passfile=STRING
              The file containing Username & Password to send to HTTPS proxy
              for authentification.  This file uses the same format as
              .wgetrc, and so can use the credentials in common with wget.
              This option can be used to at least hide the password from
              anyone clever enough to use the `ps' command.

       -p STRING, --proxy=STRING
              The HTTPS Proxy host:port combo to connect to.

       -P STRING, --proxyauth=STRING
              The credentials (user:pass) to use for local HTTP(S) proxy
              authentication.

       -d STRING, --dest=STRING
              The destination host:port to built the tunnel to.

       -r STRING, --remproxy=STRING
              The second-level proxy host:port to connect to.

       -R STRING, --remproxyauth=STRING
              The credentials (user:pass) to use for remote HTTP(S) proxy
              authentication.

       -v, --verbose
              Turn on verbosity. Default is off.

       -q, --quiet
              Suppress messages. Default is off.


NOTES

       To use this program with OpenSSH to connect to a host somewhere, create
       a $HOME/.ssh/config file with the following content:

       Host foobar
            ProtocolKeepAlives 30
            ProxyCommand /usr/bin/proxytunnel -p proxy.customer.com:8080 -u
       user -s password -d mybox.athome.nl:443

       If your proxy doesn't require the username and password for using it,
       you can skip these options.

       If you want to run proxytunnel from inetd add the '--inetd' option.

       Most HTTPS proxies do not allow access to ports other than 443 (HTTPS)
       and 563 (SNEWS), so some hacking is necessary to start the SSH daemon
       on the required port. (On the server side add an extra Port statement
       in the sshd_config file)


AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Loic Le Guyader
       <loic.leguyader@laposte.net>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may
       be used by others).

                                August 1, 2007                  PROXYTUNNEL(1)

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