Is it possible to use a reverse ssh tunnel to force all network connection on the remote host through the local host.

Essentially:

local -> ssh -> remote remote web request -> ssh tunnel -> local -> internet

I want the remote to make connections through the locals VPN without having to authenticate on the remote as well

Hopefully this makes sense

  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So in summary you have your device A and services running on B, you connect to a vpn service using A, and you want the services running on B to use the same vpn connection?

    I encountered this problem with torrenting and private trackers.

    I solved it the other way around, by having the remote connect to the vpn and routing traffic from my device through that remote.

    • get a mullvad subscription because they do wireguard
    • create wireguard-outbound container on server and connect to mullvad
    • create wireguard-inbound container on server and attach it to the network stack of wireguard-outbound
    • attach any other containers on the server you want using the vpn to the network stack of wireguard-outbound
    • install wireguard on your various devices instead of connecting to mullvad directly just connect to your wireguard-inbound container

    For bonus points you can create a squid (proxy service) container and attach that to wireguard-outbound, then create a firefox profile that connects to that proxy. That way your device isn’t routing all traffic through the vpn, only the traffic from that firefox profile.

    I’ve had this set up for several years now and for the most part it works very well. Occasionally I have to restart the containers but for the most part it’s great.