How to proxy almost everything over an SSH tunnel

A. Open the tunnel

ssh $HOST -CD 8080

B. Install tsocks

aptitude install tsocks
edit /etc/tsocks.conf
- comment out the "path { ... }" part
- change the server settings to:
```
    server = 127.0.0.1
    server_type = 4
    server_port = 8080
```

C. Proxy applications through the tunnel

```
tsocks gaim
```

Note :

It doesn't work for gpg --send-keys and gpg --recv-keys. For that, a solution is on NetworkingInHEL

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