taiyed14 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I found this great Firefox addon called Switchproxy. It allows you to set up multiple proxy configurations to use within Firefox. I like it because it can be used to easily enable or disable a proxy. So when you're out on an open WiFi AP or on another unsecured network, you can fire-up your SSH tunnel and easily switch your browser to use the tunnel. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/125 Just thought I'd share this neat add-on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iisonly Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 50% offtopic, but if you are using windows and as Matt mentioned are afraid closing any windows accidentally, use PuTTY Tray all i have to do is : WinKey+R -> putty -load {SavedSessionName} and its next to my clock http://www.xs4all.nl/~whaa/putty/ Features * Minimizing to the system tray (on CTRL + minimize, always or directly on startup) * (Tray) icon customizable * Blinks tray icon when a bell signal is received * Configurable window transparency * URL hyperlinking * Portability: optionally stores session configuration in files (for example: on a USB drive) like portaPuTTY * Easy access to the 'always on top' setting (in the system menu) * Reconnects when your PC wakes up from stand-by * Attempts to reconnect when the connection fails PS. i also use public-private keys without password, so its little less secure maybe but requires 1% interaction when configured Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiyed14 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 50% offtopic, but if you are using windows and as Matt mentioned are afraid closing any windows accidentally, use PuTTY Tray all i have to do is : WinKey+R -> putty -load {SavedSessionName} and its next to my clock http://www.xs4all.nl/~whaa/putty/ Nice find. I'll have to give that a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satal Keto Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Thanks taiyed14 very useful :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vector Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 yeah +1 vote for putty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pender Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 FoxyProxy is another one that has a more cluttered UI. FoxyProxy allows DNS requests to the proxied as well, which is likely what you want so your DNS request are encrypted as well. I don't remember if SwitchProxy had this, but the Firefox Network settings allows this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remezcle Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Whats really nice about it is you can just add a list of proxies to it and have it change them every so often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siv Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Nice, was just looking for something like that. Thanks taiyed14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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