Using Core Tunnel with Foxy Proxy

[Techy_T]

Hi,

I am trying to use CT with FoxyProxy in FF browser, essentially we are using bastions via SSH and I am setting up a tunnel to each bastion then using FoxyProxy to invoke that and allow my browser to access web based resources.

So as example one bastion I am trying to connect to domainname.com with port 22 in the initial settings, and forwarding is set for local with 127.0.0.1:1080 into domain.local:22, then in FoxyProxy I have it set up as Socks5 with 127.0.0.1:1080 as the port and IP and I set the extension to use that Proxy.

I can tunnel to the bastions via CT and FF proxy looks to be mostly working but I keep getting secure connection failed, I enabled Proxy DNS when using socks v5 as I thought it was that but still no dice.

Is anyone else using CT with FP this way?

Thanks.

[yang (Yang.Y)]

Hi, you actually need a Dynamic port forwarding, not Local port forwarding.

Please take a look at this topic:

Browse securely and bypass a restrictive firewall

To bypass censorship and get around a restrictive firewall blocking you from browsing certain web sites, all you need is a dynamic port forwarding. As we have explained in this post: Dynamic port forwarding is actually a SOCKS proxy. Once you have created a tunnel with dynamic port forwarding, you can configure the web browser to use that proxy. Configure Firefox go to Edit -> Preferences -> General -> Network Proxy -> Settings... check "Manual proxy configuration" make sure "Use this prox…

Feel free to let me know if you need assistance.

Kindly Regards,

Yang

[Techy_T]

Hi @yang amazing that was it, I am not sure why but i did try this once and it didn't work but I suspect that I had something set wrong in the proxy side on FF.

All working now thanks for the help, excellent product.

[yang (Yang.Y)]

You're always welcome