Proxy server for changing geolocation - recommendations wanted

[Chris Green]

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 03:27:12PM +0100, Adam Funk wrote:
> On 2021-10-11, Chris Green wrote:
> 
> > I want to set up a simple proxy server so that I can use my UK library
> > services and my doctor's web site when I'm abroad (specifically when
> > I'm in France).  In addition it would be handy to use Google Shopping
> > (for example) when I'm in France but want to search UK suppliers.
> >
> > So, while squid is the 'default' proxy server for linux/ubuntu it does
> > seem to be heavily oriented towards use as a LAN proxy for handling
> > multiple LAN clients' access to the internet.  It looks to me as if it
> > would be rather clumsy to use for my application.
> >
> > Are there any other proxy servers that offer a simple way to allow
> > access from remote locations (which don't have a fixed IP as I will be
> > using my laptop via all sorts of different means) and will then
> > forward my requests as if they were from the server where the proxy is
> > running.  I can't see any (simple) way to get squid to do this, it
> > *can* do it but doesn't seem the ideal tool.
> 
> If you're leaving a server running in the UK (it could be a Raspberry
> Pi --- cheap with low power consumption), you can probably use ssh and
> tsocks to "re-geolocate" your browsing.
> 
I have a virtual server and another server that I can use, that's not
an issue.


> Install the tsocks package then edit /etc/tsocks.conf to add the
> following lines to the end (that URL still works and is where I got
> this idea):
> 
> # http://www.verot.net/socks.htm
> server      = 127.0.0.1
> server_port = 1080
> 
> and comment out the server... options before that.  Then in one
> terminal:
> 
> ssh -D 1080 -N my.server.example.org
> 
> and in another:
> 
> tsocks firefox
> 
> (works with other commands).
> 
tsocks is very old and unsupported though isn't it!?  No changes since
2002.

-- 
Chris Green