Connect with SSH through a proxy

Question

I have no real idea what I\'m doing here so please bear that in mind if you can help me!

I am trying to connect to my virtual server through a proxy but I can\'t con

Answer 1

For windows, @shoaly parameters didn't completely work for me. I was getting this error:

NCAT DEBUG: Proxy returned status code 501.
Ncat: Proxy returned status code 501.
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host

I wanted to ssh to a REMOTESERVER and the SSH port had been closed in my network. I found two solutions but the second is better.

• To solve the problem using Ncat:

  1. I downloaded Tor Browser, run and wait to connect.
  2. I got Ncat from Nmap distribution and extracted ncat.exe into the current directory.

  3. SSH using Ncat as ProxyCommand in Git Bash with addition --proxy-type socks4 parameter:

     ssh -o "ProxyCommand=./ncat --proxy-type socks4 --proxy 127.0.0.1:9150 %h %p" USERNAME@REMOTESERVER
     

     Note that this implementation of Ncat does not support socks5.

• THE BETTER SOLUTION:

  1. Do the previous step 1.

  2. SSH using connect.c as ProxyCommand in Git Bash:

     ssh -o "ProxyCommand=connect -a none -S 127.0.0.1:9150 %h %p"
     

     Note that connect.c supports socks version 4/4a/5.

To use the proxy in git commands using ssh (for example while using GitHub) -- assuming you installed Git Bash in C:\Program Files\Git\ -- open ~/.ssh/config and add this entry:

host github.com
    user git
    hostname github.com
    port 22
    proxycommand "/c/Program Files/Git/mingw64/bin/connect.exe" -a none -S 127.0.0.1:9150 %h %p