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11-10-2011, 05:16 AM #1WHT Addict
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Personal proxy use (just me) please advise
I'd like to use the vps as my personal proxy for website surfing and downloading. Only me one user. The vps has 256mb only, and I am running Nginx not Apache.
I'd like to know which way is the easiest and simpliest to set it up? Because I need to use softwares that only support http proxy, so SSH cannot be the solution.
It seems tinyproxy can do, but it seems not supporting password login?-none-
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11-10-2011, 05:56 AM #2Junior Guru Wannabe
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> Because I need to use softwares that only support http proxy, so SSH cannot be the solution.
You can just tell your software to connect via localhost:<port> and it will be used as a simple proxy afaik. Have you tried?
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11-10-2011, 05:58 AM #3Aspiring Evangelist
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you can use vpn/openvpn
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11-10-2011, 06:00 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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Assuming you run some sort of Linux on your server, squid is fairly simple to set up and uses low resources. There are plenty of guides if you search around on Google.
SSH tunnels (proxies) are made over SOCKS and are therefore not HTTP proxies in the sense the OP is referring to here.
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11-10-2011, 08:12 AM #5Newbie
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ssh + privoxy
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11-10-2011, 10:28 AM #6WHT Addict
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11-10-2011, 11:37 AM #8Newbie
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if you are a novice, i recommend two things;
(i) setup your server on a debian type OS, download webmin on it, dpkg -i the .deb file, webin installed, login to it at https://server:10000, accept the ssl certificate as is, login using your root uname and password, go to unuused modules, install squid proxy, get the hang of using that, then use the authentication program as webmin and you're set to go.
(ii) if you're more advanced, i agree with the gentleman above, you can use apt-get install privoxy, setup the privoxy config file for the port, server name, and ips to listen on. if you're more advanced you can add on ssh and authorization.
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11-10-2011, 12:48 PM #9Newbie
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You don't have to do anything on the server.
Just setup privoxy and ssh forwarding (ssh/tunnelier/putty/plink/...) on your local computer.
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11-10-2011, 12:55 PM #10Web Host Reviewer
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If this isn't being used to serve websites, do you even need nginx? Probably not.
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11-11-2011, 03:50 AM #11Junior Guru Wannabe
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another vote for squid. easy to setup and run http proxy
My uptime monnitoring app for the iphone and android, websitedown.
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11-11-2011, 03:59 AM #12Web Hosting Master
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11-11-2011, 12:55 PM #13Newbie
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As long as I know it is better to use VPN. proxies is not always safe?
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11-11-2011, 12:56 PM #14Junior Guru Wannabe
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My uptime monnitoring app for the iphone and android, websitedown.
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11-12-2011, 12:52 AM #15Newbie
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regarding costs, is private proxies is cheaper than normal vpn ? any idea? I am newbie here
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11-12-2011, 01:44 AM #16Web Hosting Master
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11-12-2011, 01:58 PM #17WHT Addict
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If you use Squid, beware of memory. I doubt 256MB will run too well. But I like Squid too. I think some 1GB for personal use is good. 512MB is the border line.
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11-12-2011, 07:06 PM #18Junior Guru
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using a php script like glype, but its pretty terrible.
i have ran my own proxy before and used squid (very low memory).
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11-12-2011, 07:07 PM #19Junior Guru
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11-13-2011, 12:49 AM #20WHT Addict
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privoxy does not support CentOS?
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11-13-2011, 11:46 AM #22Temporarily Suspended
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I would suggest Squid. I know of users that run it successfully with 384MB Dedicated RAM.
However, the more traffic the proxy has to the handle the more RAM would be required.
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11-14-2011, 01:26 AM #23Web Hosting Master
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I would recommend using Squid for the http proxy.
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11-16-2011, 10:37 AM #24WHT Addict
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Just to let any of u may be interested to know, privoxy supports socks forward. Nothing to install on the remote server.
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