corkscrew1
Tunnel tcp connections through http proxies
Usage
corkscrew PROXY
PROXYPORT
TARGETHOST
TARGETPORT
[AUTH_FILE]
Overview
corkscrew is a simple tool to tunnel TCP connections through an HTTP proxy supporting the CONNECT method. It reads stdin and writes to std- out during the connection, just like netcat. It can be used for instance to connect to an SSH server running on a remote 443 port through a strict HTTPS proxy.
- PROXY
-
The name of the host running the HTTP proxy.
- PROXYPORT
-
The port on which to connect on the proxy.
- TARGET
-
The host to reach through the proxy.
- TARGETPORT
-
The port to connect to on the target host.
- AUTH_ FILE
-
The auth file is made of one single line containing your username and password in the form
username:password
Options
None.
Examples
The common usage of corkscrew is to put the following line in ~/.ssh/ssh_config:
ProxyCommand corkscrew proxy proxyport %h %p [<path to auth_file>]This will let the ssh connection go through the proxy with the help of corkscrew.
Environment
None.
Files
None.
Releases
12 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 8 times.