How to setup a SOCKS5 Tunnel for private browsing with SSH?

[carloscabanero]

Does Blink support SOCKS5 over ssh?

[carloscabanero]

SOCKS proxy can be used as a simple VPN to browse the internet or connect with back-end services behind a Firewall.

You can configure iOS to route all traffic through Blink Shell Proxy. Let's open: Settings > Wi-Fi, select your network, and click on Connection Information.

Scroll down to the HTTP Proxy panel, and click Configure Proxy.

Select Automatic, and paste the https://blink.sh/proxy.pac link.

To start dynamic port forwarding inside Blink Shell, just type the usual ssh -D 10800. As this is an SSH tunnel, we recommend using geo track in Blink Shell to ensure that the connection is locked while you are browsing.

The usual SOCKS5 port is 1080, but it is taken by iOS. Our own blink.sh/proxy.pac file configures the listener on port 10800. If you like to use a different port, you need to use your own proxy.pac file, here's an example.

function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
{ 
 return "SOCKS localhost:10800";
}

We suggest creating a Gist with that configuration and linking to it instead.

More information

• SOCKS Proxy Primer: https://securityintelligence.com/posts/socks-proxy-primer-what-is-socks5-and-why-should-you-use-it/
• MDN article about Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) file: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Proxy_servers_and_tunneling/Proxy_Auto-Configuration_PAC_file

[martinpaljak]

Some solid instructions on how to set up socks proxy with mobile data connection (not wifi) would be appreciated.