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December 1, 2015 16:22
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Run firefox configured for a SSH Socks proxy connection that's managed by the script.
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#!/bin/bash | |
if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then | |
echo "usage: $(basename ${0}) <gateway>" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
gateway=${1} | |
shift | |
ssh_pid=-1 | |
cleanup () { | |
kill ${ssh_pid} | |
} | |
trap cleanup SIGKILL SIGQUIT | |
# Find an open port | |
port= | |
ports_in_use=$(netstat -lnt 2>&1 | grep tcp | grep -v tcp6 | awk '{print $4}' | awk -F: '{print $2}' | xargs echo -n) | |
while (true) | |
do | |
port=$(($RANDOM+2000)) #random port between 2000 and 32767+2000 | |
if ! [[ "${ports_in_use}" =~ "${port}" ]] | |
then | |
break | |
fi | |
done | |
ssh -N -D${port} ${gateway} & | |
ssh_pid=$! | |
sed -i -e "s/\"network.proxy.socks_port\", [0-9]*/\"network.proxy.socks_port\", $port/" ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.socks/prefs.js | |
firefox -P socks $@ | |
cleanup |
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