From time to time it happens that I’m blocked out from a website by a corporate proxy, or that there’s simply a problem with HTTP traffic. Whenever that happens, you have a choice: bring your mobile network-connected phone / tablet and work on that or wait until the proxy is fixed or postpone until you’re home. Another option is to redirect the traffic yourself, using a tunnel.

This is a quick guide to setting up a HTTP proxy tunnel.

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