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ssh: SSH tunneling: Dynamic port forwarding (SOCKS proxy on `localhost:1080`).
$ ssh -D ${1080} ${username}@${remote_host}
try on your machine
The command ssh -D ${1080} ${username}@${remote_host}
is used to establish an SSH tunnel with dynamic port forwarding.
Here's a breakdown of the command:
ssh
: It specifies the command-line tool for establishing SSH connections.-D ${1080}
: This option sets up dynamic port forwarding and specifies the local port number to be used. In this case,${1080}
is a placeholder for the value of the environment variable named 1080, which could be replaced with an actual port number.${username}@${remote_host}
: These placeholders represent the username and remote host where the SSH connection will be established.${username}
would be replaced with the desired username, and${remote_host}
would be replaced with the actual hostname or IP address of the remote host.
With this command, when the SSH connection is established, a local SOCKS proxy server will be created on port ${1080}
. This proxy server can then be used by applications on the local machine to encrypt and send network traffic through the secure SSH tunnel to the remote host.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.