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If I use an SSH tunnel to get around a firewall, what does the sysadmin see?

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Mar 15, 20265203 views
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I use an SSH tunnel for the port my browser uses to access the internet. The result is I get around the firewall my network uses, which prevents me from using many sites I want to use (facebook, anyone?). If I SSH tunnel like this, what does the sysadmin see about my internet history? Does he just ā€¦

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He will just see an SSH connection being open and perhaps some encrypted information when he does a closer data inspection. Unless he knows the encryption keys he won't be able to see what you're doing exactly. So from the network traffic, he will nā€¦

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