From 5318f29a59e2d2a505a00027cea8451a24cfe77e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 01:24:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Adding README.Debian with notes about using ssh as a proxy. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- debian/webext-foxyproxy.README.Debian | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 debian/webext-foxyproxy.README.Debian diff --git a/debian/webext-foxyproxy.README.Debian b/debian/webext-foxyproxy.README.Debian new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2797daf --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/webext-foxyproxy.README.Debian @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +webext-foxyproxy for Debian +=========================== + +foxyproxy can be used with a different kinds of proxy, +but one of the simplest and most effective way is through SSH: + + * run 'ssh -TN -D 8080 ssh.example.org' in a terminal, + where ssh.example.org is your remote host that you + want to use as a proxy. + + * add a new proxy entry via the foxyproxy extension GUI: + + - Proxy Type: SOCKS5 + - Proxy IP address or DNS name: localhost + - Port: 8080 + + * depending on your use case, you also might want to consider: + + - enabling 'Do not use for localhost and intranet/private IP addresses' + - configuring a specific URL pattern to be used by foxyproxy + + -- Daniel Baumann Fri, 07 Feb 2025 01:31:12 +0100