Can Mikrotik proxy traffic over a SSH tunnel? In Linux I can do
# ssh -D port_no ip_address
And then in e.g. Firefox enable SOCKS proxy at localhost:port_no.
I’m trying to do just that, but with no success for now.
I can tunnel specific ports just fine, like tunnelling local port 8010 to remote 10.0.0.10:80, works fine, but i have to remember all the mappings in this rat’s nest…
So i went on looking for a more friendly solution, and i was presented to the concept of dynamic mapping and proxying with cocks v5.
I setup putty with option D8080, and firefox proxy settings 127.0.0.1:8080 with socks v5. But i can not get it to work.
Does someone has a similar setup running and could chime in with some advice?
Thanks!
I just tried a quick test and it worked, nothing special was required. I did the same thing you did, only with different port. The SOCKS5 part is done by client, so it should just work.
To avoid opening new thread, i will use this one.
SOCKS proxy works, but sometimes (somewhat often) it stops working. It seems it hangs on TLS handshake with remote sites. I could not find anything regarding this, but the closest i could find is this report. In short: “there is a short-timeout bug of some kind in OpenSSH itself”:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/786897/ssh-tunneled-socks-proxy-connection-refusals-on-firefox-47-0-kubuntu-16-04
When i connect with Putty to Linux (Ubuntu - ssh SOCKS proxy tunnel) machine, it works without any problems, so there is most likely some problem with MikroTik ssh implementation..
I thought i should share this if others have problem. Would be good if someone else could confirm my findings.
Regards,
Which command can replace parameter “-D” on New Treminal in Microtik?
Everywhere on the internet people know how to easily set this up easily, yet no one answers this question!