hello,
Im new here, any help would be very much appreciated
I dont have a technical background
Im trying to set up a "poor man's vpn" on my htc hd2 running wm6.5
In other words, i want to use a ssh server as a proxy to browse the internet on my mobile phone.
read this if you dont understand
http://fnord.no/sysadmin/security/vpn-with-ssh
The process on Windows XP:
Set putty to dynamically forward port 1080 from your ssh server. Run putty, logging into my ssh server. At this point, if your browser has SOCKS support (firefox does), you can configure it to host a SOCKS connection at 127.0.0.1 or localhost on port 1080. Firefox will now browse the internet whilst using your ssh server as a proxy.
However, if your browser does not have SOCKS support (no mobile web browsers do pretty much...if you know one, do tell
), you can instead use a 'socksify' program such as Proxycap. Proxycap is available on windows mobile 6.5 OS also.
This process works on my desktop machine running windows xp, but it wont work on my htc hd2 on wm6.5 yet.
The process on Windows mobile 6.5
Firstly - pocket putty:
I set pocket putty to dynamically forward port 1080 from my ssh server
I run pocket putty, I log into my ssh server.
Secondly - Proxycap (need this to socksify your mobile phone browser)
Proxycap settings:
Proxy servers:
Type: socks v4
HOST!?!?!?!: In windows XP, you would put localhost here. Heres where we find our first problem.
I dont think wm6.5 has a concept of localhost or 127.0.01 like windows xp does, Ive tried putting my device ID name in this field but that may or may not work - can any1 help me out here?
Port: 1080
Tunneling rules
Name: internet explorer mobile/skyfire
Type: tunnel through proxy
Proxy (uses what you set before): "deviceID name or localhost":1080
program: iexplorer.exe or skyfire.exe...whichever browser you want
I hit "OK" in proxycap
I run skyfire.
Pocketputty gives me this error:
"Putty Fatal error
WSAEventSelect():
SOCKET_ERROR"
In windows xp, when I do the exact same process, it works and I get no such error, even when using proxycap.
but in windows mobile 6.5 on my htc hd2, I get that error from pocket putty.
can anyone help me please?
