Using a socks proxy

#ssh to a machine on the network you need access and start

# a local socks server

ssh -D 9999 httpserver.blah.com

# setweb browser proxy to

proxy: localhost:9999

# To use other apps with socks install

sudo apt-get install tsocks

# Change config file to (remove everything else)

/etc/tsocks.conf

server = 127.0.0.1

server_port = 9999

# ssh to a machine

tsocks ssh -X httpserver.blah.com

# eclipse to a machine

tsocks eclipse

reference:

using tsocks for tunneling cmds lines and everything else

http://www.plenz.com/tunnel-everything