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I do not know for VPN, I use ssh. It is very simple and does not require any system administration right. Install a proxy (squid) on your Amazon EC2. Install putty if you are on windows and launch it with port forward using the option -L: putty -L 3128:127.0.0.1:3128 user@host

Add the option --proxy-server=127.0.0.1:3128 on you chrome shortcut and that's it.



That'll tunnel your http traffic which is a good start but it's worth checking out ssh -D for an easy SOCKS proxy.


And even more critical, it doesn't reroute DNS queries, the default is "don't redirect DNS" in Firefox and the change must be done through about:config there's no dialog.

Bad the default isn't different when using socks :(


Do you know if either of those two methods do tcp-over-tcp, or is it tcp done correctly?


If you're using a protocol that sits on TCP and you push it over SSH sitting on TCP then it's going to be TCP-over-TCP. Or in other words, for the vast majority of use cases, no.




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