SSH Tunneling Question

[jasonknight]

Hey All,

I have a Tcp/Ip question that I can't seem to figure out. Basically, I am using an SSH tunnel to go to a website, the tunnel goes through the US, the IP is a US Ip, however, when I visit some sites, like hulu, it still knows that I am in a different country. I travel a bit in Europe for work, and I am trying to figure out a way to check out some sites from remote locations.

My question is, is my SSH tunnel simply wrapping the packet and including the original source IP?

Maybe I am way off, so if anyone has an answer, or a direction to point me in, that'd be cool.

Thanks in advance,
Jason

 

[North323]

how do you have your tunnel set up? in your browser, are you using local host? what dynamic port are you using?

 

[jasonknight]

I is setup through puTTY as an SSH tunnel, dynamic port 5555, you could use anyport really...

Yes, I am using localhost, well, the proxy is set as 127.0.0.1

Any ideas?

/Jason

 

[North323]

i tunnel all the time and use 'localhost' so basically how i tunnel is this. i have a linux box that listens on port 444 and ssh to the IP and use dynamic port 444 and set my browswer to use 'localhost' which will then tunnel from my location to my home and then out to the internet. you can check the IP by going to

http://www.network-tools.com

I am not aware of any technology that would allow a user to have their IP revealed. Are you using a VPN in conjuction with split tunnel?

 

[jasonknight]

No, just an SSH tunnel to a linux server, essentially what you are doing, and yes my IP shows as the correct one, I.E. the remote servers IP, so that is working fine.

The issue is, somehow, they are still able to see that I am not in t he u.s. Which is irritating.

 

[North323]

that is strange...the whole idea behind tunnel is to conceal your IP. have you tried a third party like hidemyip.com

 

[burtsbees]

Not an ssh tunnel. It is not a GRE tunnel or anything---it just encrypts the session, nothing else.

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tim@tim-laptop ~ $ sudo apt-get install windows
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package windows...Thank Goodness!

 

[North323]

not true..when you tunnel to a different location, it uses the other ISP.

so if im in california (IP 206.2.3.2) and ssh to box in ohio, push all my traffic down that tunnel. I use my ISP in ohio and get an IP of 75.4.3.3

therefore it encrypts my session and all traffic from calif to ohio ssh box and uncrypts from ssh box to ISP

http://www.buzzsurf.com/surfatwork/

 

[DonMc67]

SSH is just used to encrypt data.... it's the replacement to telnet

You're not doing any kind of nating or anything by using ssh