Chromebook ssh proxy setup

 Chromebook ssh proxy setup

Goal:

The setup of the Chromebook OS that allow to pass all Chrome (web browser) traffic to remote proxy including the DNS resolving (with out need of Chrome extension)

Required:

Chromebook OS with Linux environment support:

Application for creating ssh tunnel to forward all traffic to remote site via ssh

ssh -D 8080 -q -C -N -f user@1.1.1.1 -p 22

Flag	Function	Comment
-D 8080	Dynamic Forwarding	Creates the SOCKS proxy on port 8080.
-q	Quiet mode	Suppresses warnings and messages.
-C	Compression	Compresses data; helpful if your connection is slow.
-N	No Command	Tells SSH "don't open a shell/terminal," just sit there and tunnel.
-f	Background	Sends the process to the background immediately after connecting.
-p 22	Port	Specifies the remote SSH port (22 is default).

To set proxy settings on ChromeOS (setting search for Porxy settings)

Set up the following settings :

HTTP proxy:                socks5://127.0.0.1 Port 8080

Secure HTTP proxy:    socks5://127.0.0.1 Port 8080

SOCKS Host:              socks5://127.0.0.1 Port 8080

Or use the same proxy for all services:

The need to use socks5 is for to forward DNS query via SSH tunnel to remote site to be resolved on remote DNS server.

Current situation:

Still having connectivity issues, some times after lockout proxy does not work correctly and site does not open as expected.