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b9anders

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Registered: 2007-11-07

Posts: 691

Can I use SSH to avoid Remote Desktop?

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Hi,

I am working from home at times. The way it works is that I use Mindterm to set up an SSH connection to work. Once I have that, I can use the generated IP address to remote desktop into my workstation at work.

The thing is, I don't need anything from my workstation as such. And it's Windows. All I need is the access to our own internal network and the pages we have there. And switching between the remote desktop and my linux desktop is not a very efficient workflow.

I keep thinking that since the SSH tunnel is already there, couldn't I use it for other things than remote desktop? What I basically want is access to a website on our server. There's a firewall that has whitelisted our own workstations and networks, but not the one I use from home. But with the SSH tunnel, I figure I am already 'inside' so to speak. Isn't there a way to pipe access to that website directly to my native browser?

jasonwryan

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From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

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Re: Can I use SSH to avoid Remote Desktop?

You can setup a Socks Proxy over SSH. It is pretty simple...

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

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Re: Can I use SSH to avoid Remote Desktop?

Or you could use ssh's -L flag - see the man page for details.