Use VPS as SSH Proxy: Changing IP Address

If you own a Virtual Private Server(VPS), you can use this as a SSH proxy to change your IP Address. Yes. you can even access blocked websites by your office or college like Facebook, Twitter or any other social networking websites.. We are going to show it to you on a linux terminal. If you are on Windows platform please install/download a SSH client like - Putty. You can get it here & you can use Issh if you are on Mac.

Note: This Tutorial is for educational purposes only. You will be held responsible for any other usage.

Requirements:

• VPS (Virtual Private Server)


• SSH Client if using Windows/Mac


• Brain :P

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Let's start with,

How to: Use VPS as SSH Proxy

1: Connect to your VPS

As mentioned earlier, you have to use SSH Client on Windows and Mac too, but instead you can simply open the terminal window and connect to your VPS using the following Command -

ssh -N -D 7070 root@45.55.150.113

*Replace my server's IP with your own VPS* press the enter key, now type your password and if nothing appears as the result then you are done with it and good to go. Now you are connected to your VPS. After this you have to set up your browser settings, read about it in the next step. [Yes, You can use VPS as SSH Proxy even after setting up your VPS as a VPN.]

2. Set-up Browser's Network

After connecting/logging in to your VPS, now its time to set your browser Socks Proxy according to your VPS settings.

Go to your browser Preferences > Connection Settings & select 'Manual Proxy Configuration'
Set your Socks Host/IP Address to 127.0.0.1 & port to 7070 and click on OK as shown in the image below !



Feel free to comment below for any queries of suggestions. Thank you !