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  • Thanks. Do you have any name suggestions for anonymization proxies for Linux? I would prefer ones that are not as heavyweight as Squid (in terms of size, memory, startup speed), are startable by a non-root user, etc. Commented May 17, 2012 at 14:52
  • Also, I didn't follow your SOCKS5 proxy example. Could you please explain what is going on with the 2 invocations above? I, e.g. know that ssh -fN -D ... starts a SOCKS5 proxy on localhost port 8000, but what does nc -l ... do? And, to which port should I make my browser point to: 8000 or 8080? Commented May 17, 2012 at 15:37
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    @harry for an anomyzation proxy have a look at privoxy Commented May 17, 2012 at 17:17
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    When I say "anonymization proxy" I don't mean something you set up yourself: I mean an existing proxy out there on the net. @UlrichDangel suggests privoxy and I'm sure there are others too. Commented May 18, 2012 at 8:04
  • The nc commands accept all traffic from port 8080 and forward it to 8000. I did not provide a full netcat solution because your post suggested you already knew how to do that part. Commented May 18, 2012 at 8:06