[TAG] Question on how to block a ssh host from being used as a Socks proxy

[Suramya Tomar]

Hey,

> As far as the server is concerned it sees the connection as coming
> from the address/hostname of the remote end of the SSH connection.
> Perhaps the servers are refusing connections from the remote end of
> your SSH tunnel.

True. I verified it by visiting whatismyip.com to get the IP address I 
was browsing with and it gave me the IP of the remote server.

> Alternatively, it *is* possible that the browser is sending the server
> information *inside* the HTTP packet (think cookies!) which contains
> its "real" address/hostname and so the server figures out that this is
> not the same address/hostname to which it is connected.

Don't think this is whats happening, because I am unable to get to sites 
like google.com and yahoo either. Which I can access from the shell 
using lynx.

> A much bigger problem is that you are using Windows :-(

Yeah. I have Linux on my desktop but have to use Windows on the laptop 
due to work. (I have to debug programs written in VB.NET and ASP.NET for 
work so I need to run windows to use Visual Studio, believe me its a pain)

Thanks,
  Suramya

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