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How to read scientific papers from home

2010-01-12T13:55:18Z

Roosen:

There is a simple solution for using the universities access to scientific journals to read and download publications from home. In short: you have to tunnel your web traffic through an ssh-session. We will describe setting up this tunnel using the browser "firefox" and openssh (for Linux) or PuTTY (for Windows). (The article is based on this [http://thinkhole.org/wp/2006/05/10/howto-secure-firefox-and-im-with-putty/ blog entry ]).

== Linux ==

Make sure you have an openssh client installed, open a terminal and type:

ssh -qTfnN -D 7070 itp.uni-frankfurt.de

All the added options are for a ssh session that’s used for tunneling.

-D :- forward port 7070 to itp.uni-frankfurt.de
-q :- be very quiet, we are acting only as a tunnel.
-T :- Do not allocate a pseudo tty, we are only acting a tunnel.
-f :- move the ssh process to background, as we don’t want to interact with this ssh session directly.
-N :- Do not execute remote command.
-n :- redirect standard input to /dev/null.

continue with step 4) of the Windows section (configuring firefox)

== Windows ==

=== Create a new PuTTY session ===

Run PuTTY and create a new session in PuTTY to connect to the remote host. Fill in the hostname: ''itp.uni-frankfurt.de'', the port: ''22'', make sure SSH is checked, give it a session name and hit Save.

[[Image:Putty-session.gif]]

=== Configure a secure tunnel ===

Click on “Tunnels” on the left and set up dynamic fowarding for a local port (e.g. 7070). Under “Add new forwarded port” type in 7070 for the source port, leave the destination blank, and check Auto and Dynamic. Then it the Add button. If you did it correctly, you’ll see D7070 listed in the Forwarded Ports box.

[[Image:Putty-tunnels.gif]]

That’s it for tunnels, as there is no need to create more than one. Remember to save your session profile in PuTTY so you don’t have to set up the tunnel next time.

=== Connect to the remote SSH box ===

Double click on the connection profile and type in your username and password when prompted.

=== Configure Firefox ===

Go to Edit, Preferences, Advanced. Click on the Network tab, and then click on Connection Settings:
Check Manual Proxy Configuration, leave most of the fields blank, but fill in 127.0.0.1 for the SOCKS Host with a port of 7070 (or whatever you used in Step 2):

[[Image:Firefox_preferences.jpg]] [[Image:Firefox_tunnels.jpg]]

=== Surf the web using Firefox ===

Since all the web-traffic is tunneled through the ssh-session, the journal web-pages will grant you access to their journals. If for some reason your ssh-session should be interrupted (e.g. if you close this session), you will not be able to surf the web using the firefox browser until you either open up a new ssh-session, or you undo your changes in firefox's preferences.

How to read scientific papers from home

2008-11-28T13:16:55Z

Roosen:

There is a simple solution for using the universities access to scientific journals to read and download publications from home. In short: you have to tunnel your web traffic through an ssh-session. We will describe setting up this tunnel using the browser "firefox" and openssh (for Linux) or PuTTY (for Windows). (The article is based on this [http://thinkhole.org/wp/2006/05/10/howto-secure-firefox-and-im-with-putty/ blog entry ]).

== Linux ==

Make sure you have an openssh client installed, open a terminal and type:

ssh -qTfnN -D 7070 itp.uni-frankfurt.de

All the added options are for a ssh session that’s used for tunneling.

-q :- be very quite, we are acting only as a tunnel.
-T :- Do not allocate a pseudo tty, we are only acting a tunnel.
-f :- move the ssh process to background, as we don’t want to interact with this ssh session directly.
-N :- Do not execute remote command.
-n :- redirect standard input to /dev/null.

continue with step 4) of the Windows section (configuring firefox)

== Windows ==

=== Create a new PuTTY session ===

Run PuTTY and create a new session in PuTTY to connect to the remote host. Fill in the hostname: ''itp.uni-frankfurt.de'', the port: ''22'', make sure SSH is checked, give it a session name and hit Save.

[[Image:Putty-session.gif]]

=== Configure a secure tunnel ===

Click on “Tunnels” on the left and set up dynamic fowarding for a local port (e.g. 7070). Under “Add new forwarded port” type in 7070 for the source port, leave the destination blank, and check Auto and Dynamic. Then it the Add button. If you did it correctly, you’ll see D7070 listed in the Forwarded Ports box.

[[Image:Putty-tunnels.gif]]

That’s it for tunnels, as there is no need to create more than one. Remember to save your session profile in PuTTY so you don’t have to set up the tunnel next time.

=== Connect to the remote SSH box ===

Double click on the connection profile and type in your username and password when prompted.

=== Configure Firefox ===

Go to Edit, Preferences, Advanced. Click on the Network tab, and then click on Connection Settings:
Check Manual Proxy Configuration, leave most of the fields blank, but fill in 127.0.0.1 for the SOCKS Host with a port of 7070 (or whatever you used in Step 2):

[[Image:Firefox_preferences.jpg]] [[Image:Firefox_tunnels.jpg]]

=== Surf the web using Firefox ===

Since all the web-traffic is tunneled through the ssh-session, the journal web-pages will grant you access to their journals. If for some reason your ssh-session should be interrupted (e.g. if you close this session), you will not be able to surf the web using the firefox browser until you either open up a new ssh-session, or you undo your changes in firefox's preferences.

How to read scientific papers from home

2008-11-28T13:15:33Z

Roosen:

There is a simple solution for using the universities access to scientific journals to read and download publications from home. In short: you have to tunnel your web traffic through an ssh-session. We will describe setting up this tunnel using the browser "firefox" and openssh (for Linux) or PuTTY (for Windows).(This article is based on a [http://thinkhole.org/wp/2006/05/10/howto-secure-firefox-and-im-with-putty/ a blog entry ].

== Linux ==

Make sure you have an openssh client installed, open a terminal and type:

ssh -qTfnN -D 7070 itp.uni-frankfurt.de

All the added options are for a ssh session that’s used for tunneling.

-q :- be very quite, we are acting only as a tunnel.
-T :- Do not allocate a pseudo tty, we are only acting a tunnel.
-f :- move the ssh process to background, as we don’t want to interact with this ssh session directly.
-N :- Do not execute remote command.
-n :- redirect standard input to /dev/null.

continue with step 4) of the Windows section (configuring firefox)

== Windows ==

=== Create a new PuTTY session ===

Run PuTTY and create a new session in PuTTY to connect to the remote host. Fill in the hostname: ''itp.uni-frankfurt.de'', the port: ''22'', make sure SSH is checked, give it a session name and hit Save.

[[Image:Putty-session.gif]]

=== Configure a secure tunnel ===

Click on “Tunnels” on the left and set up dynamic fowarding for a local port (e.g. 7070). Under “Add new forwarded port” type in 7070 for the source port, leave the destination blank, and check Auto and Dynamic. Then it the Add button. If you did it correctly, you’ll see D7070 listed in the Forwarded Ports box.

[[Image:Putty-tunnels.gif]]

That’s it for tunnels, as there is no need to create more than one. Remember to save your session profile in PuTTY so you don’t have to set up the tunnel next time.

=== Connect to the remote SSH box ===

Double click on the connection profile and type in your username and password when prompted.

=== Configure Firefox ===

Go to Edit, Preferences, Advanced. Click on the Network tab, and then click on Connection Settings:
Check Manual Proxy Configuration, leave most of the fields blank, but fill in 127.0.0.1 for the SOCKS Host with a port of 7070 (or whatever you used in Step 2):

[[Image:Firefox_preferences.jpg]] [[Image:Firefox_tunnels.jpg]]

=== Surf the web using Firefox ===

Since all the web-traffic is tunneled through the ssh-session, the journal web-pages will grant you access to their journals. If for some reason your ssh-session should be interrupted (e.g. if you close this session), you will not be able to surf the web using the firefox browser until you either open up a new ssh-session, or you undo your changes in firefox's preferences.

How to read scientific papers from home

2008-11-28T13:12:07Z

Roosen:

There is a simple solution for using the universities access to scientific journals to read and download publications from home. In short: you have to tunnel your web traffic through an ssh-session. We will describe setting up this tunnel using the browser "firefox" and openssh (for Linux) or PuTTY (for Windows).<ref name="source"> This article is a slight variation of a blog entry, which can be found at [http://thinkhole.org/wp/2006/05/10/howto-secure-firefox-and-im-with-putty/ here ].</ref>

== Linux ==

Make sure you have an openssh client installed, open a terminal and type:

ssh -qTfnN -D 7070 itp.uni-frankfurt.de

All the added options are for a ssh session that’s used for tunneling.

-q :- be very quite, we are acting only as a tunnel.
-T :- Do not allocate a pseudo tty, we are only acting a tunnel.
-f :- move the ssh process to background, as we don’t want to interact with this ssh session directly.
-N :- Do not execute remote command.
-n :- redirect standard input to /dev/null.

continue with step 4) of the Windows section (configuring firefox)

== Windows ==

=== Create a new PuTTY session ===

Run PuTTY and create a new session in PuTTY to connect to the remote host. Fill in the hostname: ''itp.uni-frankfurt.de'', the port: ''22'', make sure SSH is checked, give it a session name and hit Save.

[[Image:Putty-session.gif]]

=== Configure a secure tunnel ===

Click on “Tunnels” on the left and set up dynamic fowarding for a local port (e.g. 7070). Under “Add new forwarded port” type in 7070 for the source port, leave the destination blank, and check Auto and Dynamic. Then it the Add button. If you did it correctly, you’ll see D7070 listed in the Forwarded Ports box.

[[Image:Putty-tunnels.gif]]

That’s it for tunnels, as there is no need to create more than one. Remember to save your session profile in PuTTY so you don’t have to set up the tunnel next time.

=== Connect to the remote SSH box ===

Double click on the connection profile and type in your username and password when prompted.

=== Configure Firefox ===

Go to Edit, Preferences, Advanced. Click on the Network tab, and then click on Connection Settings:
Check Manual Proxy Configuration, leave most of the fields blank, but fill in 127.0.0.1 for the SOCKS Host with a port of 7070 (or whatever you used in Step 2):

[[Image:Firefox_preferences.jpg]] [[Image:Firefox_tunnels.jpg]]

=== Surf the web using Firefox ===

Since all the web-traffic is tunneled through the ssh-session, the journal web-pages will grant you access to their journals. If for some reason your ssh-session should be interrupted (e.g. if you close this session), you will not be able to surf the web using the firefox browser until you either open up a new ssh-session, or you undo your changes in firefox's preferences.

== References ==
<references/>

How to read scientific papers from home

2008-11-28T13:11:30Z

Roosen:

There is a simple solution for using the universities access to scientific journals to read and download publications from home. In short: you have to tunnel your web traffic through an ssh-session. We will describe setting up this tunnel using the browser "firefox" and openssh (for Linux) or PuTTY (for Windows).<ref name="source"> This article is a slight variation of a blog entry, which can be found at [http://thinkhole.org/wp/2006/05/10/howto-secure-firefox-and-im-with-putty/ here ].</ref>

== Linux ==

Make sure you have an openssh client installed, open a terminal and type:

ssh -qTfnN -D 7070 itp.uni-frankfurt.de

All the added options are for a ssh session that’s used for tunneling.

-q :- be very quite, we are acting only as a tunnel.
-T :- Do not allocate a pseudo tty, we are only acting a tunnel.
-f :- move the ssh process to background, as we don’t want to interact with this ssh session directly.
-N :- Do not execute remote command.
-n :- redirect standard input to /dev/null.

continue with step 4) of the Windows section (configuring firefox)

== Windows ==

=== Create a new PuTTY session ===

Run PuTTY and create a new session in PuTTY to connect to the remote host. Fill in the hostname: ''itp.uni-frankfurt.de'', the port: ''22'', make sure SSH is checked, give it a session name and hit Save.

[[Image:Putty-session.gif]]

=== Configure a secure tunnel ===

Click on “Tunnels” on the left and set up dynamic fowarding for a local port (e.g. 7070). Under “Add new forwarded port” type in 7070 for the source port, leave the destination blank, and check Auto and Dynamic. Then it the Add button. If you did it correctly, you’ll see D7070 listed in the Forwarded Ports box.

[[Image:Putty-tunnels.gif]]

That’s it for tunnels, as there is no need to create more than one. Remember to save your session profile in PuTTY so you don’t have to set up the tunnel next time.

=== Connect to the remote SSH box ===

Double click on the connection profile and type in your username and password when prompted.

=== Configure Firefox ===

Go to Edit, Preferences, Advanced. Click on the Network tab, and then click on Connection Settings:
Check Manual Proxy Configuration, leave most of the fields blank, but fill in 127.0.0.1 for the SOCKS Host with a port of 7070 (or whatever you used in Step 2):

[[Image:Firefox_preferences.jpg]] [[Image:Firefox_tunnels.jpg]]

=== Surf the web using Firefox ===

Since all the web-traffic is tunneled through the ssh-session, the journal web-pages will grant you access to their journals. If for some reason your ssh-session should be interrupted (e.g. if you close this session), you will not be able to surf the web using the firefox browser until you either open up a new ssh-session, or you undo your changes in firefox's preferences.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

How to read scientific papers from home

2008-11-27T17:54:05Z

Roosen:

There is a simple solution for using the universities access to scientific journals to read and download publications from home. In short: you have to tunnel your web traffic through an ssh-session. We will describe setting up this tunnel using the browser "firefox" and openssh (for Linux) or PuTTY (for Windows).

= Linux =

Make sure you have an openssh client installed, open a terminal and type:

ssh -qTfnN -D 7070 itp.uni-frankfurt.de

All the added options are for a ssh session that’s used for tunneling.

-q :- be very quite, we are acting only as a tunnel.
-T :- Do not allocate a pseudo tty, we are only acting a tunnel.
-f :- move the ssh process to background, as we don’t want to interact with this ssh session directly.
-N :- Do not execute remote command.
-n :- redirect standard input to /dev/null.

continue with step 4) of the Windows section (configuring firefox)

= Windows =

'''1) Create a new PuTTY session'''

Run PuTTY and create a new session in PuTTY to connect to the remote host. Fill in the hostname: ''itp.uni-frankfurt.de'', the port: ''22'', make sure SSH is checked, give it a session name and hit Save.

[[Image:Putty-session.gif]]

'''2) Configure a secure tunnel'''

Click on “Tunnels” on the left and set up dynamic fowarding for a local port (e.g. 7070). Under “Add new forwarded port” type in 7070 for the source port, leave the destination blank, and check Auto and Dynamic. Then it the Add button. If you did it correctly, you’ll see D7070 listed in the Forwarded Ports box.

[[Image:Putty-tunnels.gif]]

That’s it for tunnels, as there is no need to create more than one. Remember to save your session profile in PuTTY so you don’t have to set up the tunnel next time.

'''3) Connect to the remote SSH box'''

Double click on the connection profile and type in your username and password when prompted.

'''4) Configure Firefox'''

Go to Edit, Preferences, Advanced. Click on the Network tab, and then click on Connection Settings:
Check Manual Proxy Configuration, leave most of the fields blank, but fill in 127.0.0.1 for the SOCKS Host with a port of 7070 (or whatever you used in Step 2):

[[Image:Firefox_preferences.jpg]] [[Image:Firefox_tunnels.jpg]]

'''5) Surf the web using Firefox'''

Since all the web-traffic is tunneled through the ssh-session, the journal web-pages will grant you access to their journals. If for some reason your ssh-session should be interrupted (e.g. if you close this session), you will not be able to surf the web using the firefox browser until you either open up a new ssh-session, or you undo your changes in firefox's preferences.

How to read scientific papers from home

2008-11-27T17:49:59Z

Roosen:

There is a simple solution for using the universities access to scientific journals to read and download publications from home. In short: you have to tunnel your web traffic through an ssh-session. We will describe setting up this tunnel using the browser "firefox" and openssh (for Linux) or PuTTY (for Windows).

= Linux =

Make sure you have an openssh client installed, open a terminal and type:

ssh -qTfnN -D 7070 itp.uni-frankfurt.de

All the added options are for a ssh session that’s used for tunneling.

-q :- be very quite, we are acting only as a tunnel.
-T :- Do not allocate a pseudo tty, we are only acting a tunnel.
-f :- move the ssh process to background, as we don’t want to interact with this ssh session directly.
-N :- Do not execute remote command.
-n :- redirect standard input to /dev/null.

continue with step 4) of the Windows section (configuring firefox)

= Windows =

'''1) Create a new PuTTY session'''

Run PuTTY and create a new session in PuTTY to connect to the remote host. Fill in the hostname: ''itp.uni-frankfurt.de'', the port: ''22'', make sure SSH is checked, give it a session name and hit Save.

[[Image:Putty-session.gif]]

'''2) Configure a secure tunnel'''

Click on “Tunnels” on the left and set up dynamic fowarding for a local port (e.g. 7070). Under “Add new forwarded port” type in 7070 for the source port, leave the destination blank, and check Auto and Dynamic. Then it the Add button. If you did it correctly, you’ll see D7070 listed in the Forwarded Ports box.

[[Image:Putty-tunnels.gif]]

That’s it for tunnels, as there is no need to create more than one. Remember to save your session profile in PuTTY so you don’t have to set up the tunnel next time.

'''3) Connect to the remote SSH box'''

Double click on the connection profile and type in your username and password when prompted.

'''4) Configure Firefox'''

Go to Edit, Preferences, Advanced. Click on the Network tab, and then click on Connection Settings:
Check Manual Proxy Configuration, leave most of the fields blank, but fill in 127.0.0.1 for the SOCKS Host with a port of 7070 (or whatever you used in Step 2):

[[Image:Firefox_preferences.jpg]] [[Image:Firefox_tunnels.jpg]]

How to read scientific papers from home

2008-11-27T17:46:56Z

Roosen:

There is a simple solution for using the universities access to scientific journals to read and download publications from home. In short: you have to tunnel your web traffic through an ssh-session. We will describe setting up this tunnel using the browser "firefox" and openssh (for Linux) or PuTTY (for Windows).

= Linux =

Make sure you have an openssh client installed, open a terminal and type:

ssh -qTfnN -D 7070 itp.uni-frankfurt.de

All the added options are for a ssh session that’s used for tunneling.

-q :- be very quite, we are acting only as a tunnel.
-T :- Do not allocate a pseudo tty, we are only acting a tunnel.
-f :- move the ssh process to background, as we don’t want to interact with this ssh session directly.
-N :- Do not execute remote command.
-n :- redirect standard input to /dev/null.

continue with step 4) of the Windows section (configuring firefox)

= Windows =

'''1) Create a new PuTTY session'''

Run PuTTY and create a new session in PuTTY to connect to the remote host. Fill in the hostname: ''itp.uni-frankfurt.de'', the port: ''22'', make sure SSH is checked, give it a session name and hit Save.

[[Image:Putty-session.gif]]

'''2) Configure a secure tunnel'''

Click on “Tunnels” on the left and set up dynamic fowarding for a local port (e.g. 7070). Under “Add new forwarded port” type in 7070 for the source port, leave the destination blank, and check Auto and Dynamic. Then it the Add button. If you did it correctly, you’ll see D7070 listed in the Forwarded Ports box.

[[Image:Putty-tunnels.gif]]

That’s it for tunnels, as there is no need to create more than one. Remember to save your session profile in PuTTY so you don’t have to set up the tunnel next time.

'''3) Connect to the remote SSH box'''

Double click on the connection profile and type in your username and password when prompted.

'''4) Configure Firefox'''

Go to Edit, Preferences, Advanced. Click on the Network tab, and then click on Connection Settings:

[[Image:Firefox_preferences.jpg]]

Check Manual Proxy Configuration, leave most of the fields blank, but fill in 127.0.0.1 for the SOCKS Host with a port of 7070 (or whatever you used in Step 2):

[[Image:Firefox_tunnels.jpg]]

File:Firefox tunnels.jpg

2008-11-27T17:46:51Z

Roosen:

File:Firefox preferences.jpg

2008-11-27T17:46:33Z

Roosen:

How to read scientific papers from home

2008-11-27T17:42:57Z

Roosen:

There is a simple solution for using the universities access to scientific journals to read and download publications from home. In short: you have to tunnel your web traffic through an ssh-session. We will describe setting up this tunnel using the browser "firefox" and openssh (for Linux) or PuTTY (for Windows).

= Linux =

Make sure you have an openssh client installed, open a terminal and type:

ssh -qTfnN -D 7070 itp.uni-frankfurt.de

All the added options are for a ssh session that’s used for tunneling.

-q :- be very quite, we are acting only as a tunnel.
-T :- Do not allocate a pseudo tty, we are only acting a tunnel.
-f :- move the ssh process to background, as we don’t want to interact with this ssh session directly.
-N :- Do not execute remote command.
-n :- redirect standard input to /dev/null.

continue with step 4) of the Windows section (configuring firefox)

= Windows =

'''1) Create a new PuTTY session'''

Run PuTTY and create a new session in PuTTY to connect to the remote host. Fill in the hostname: ''itp.uni-frankfurt.de'', the port: ''22'', make sure SSH is checked, give it a session name and hit Save.

[[Image:Putty-session.gif]]

'''2) Configure a secure tunnel'''

Click on “Tunnels” on the left and set up dynamic fowarding for a local port (e.g. 7070). Under “Add new forwarded port” type in 7070 for the source port, leave the destination blank, and check Auto and Dynamic. Then it the Add button. If you did it correctly, you’ll see D7070 listed in the Forwarded Ports box.

[[Image:Putty-tunnels.gif]]

That’s it for tunnels, as there is no need to create more than one. Remember to save your session profile in PuTTY so you don’t have to set up the tunnel next time.

'''3) Connect to the remote SSH box'''

Double click on the connection profile and type in your username and password when prompted.

'''4) Configure Firefox'''

Go to Edit, Preferences, Advanced. Click on the Network tab, and then click on Connection Settings

Check Manual Proxy Configuration, leave most of the fields blank, but fill in 127.0.0.1 for the SOCKS Host with a port of 7070 (or whatever you used in Step 2)

How to read scientific papers from home

2008-11-27T17:42:24Z

Roosen:

There is a simple solution for using the universities access to scientific journals to read and download publications from home. In short: you have to tunnel your web traffic through an ssh-session. We will describe setting up this tunnel using the browser "firefox" and openssh (for Linux) or PuTTY (for Windows).

= Linux =

Make sure you have an openssh client installed, open a terminal and type:

ssh -qTfnN -D 7070 itp.uni-frankfurt.de

All the added options are for a ssh session that’s used for tunneling.

-q :- be very quite, we are acting only as a tunnel.
-T :- Do not allocate a pseudo tty, we are only acting a tunnel.
-f :- move the ssh process to background, as we don’t want to interact with this ssh session directly.
-N :- Do not execute remote command.
-n :- redirect standard input to /dev/null.

continue with step 4) of the Windows section (configuring firefox)

= Windows =

'''1) Create a new PuTTY session'''

Run PuTTY and create a new session in PuTTY to connect to the remote host. Fill in the hostname: ''itp.uni-frankfurt.de'', the port: ''22'', make sure SSH is checked, give it a session name and hit Save.
[[Image:Putty-session.gif]]

'''2) Configure a secure tunnel'''

Click on “Tunnels” on the left and set up dynamic fowarding for a local port (e.g. 7070). Under “Add new forwarded port” type in 7070 for the source port, leave the destination blank, and check Auto and Dynamic. Then it the Add button. If you did it correctly, you’ll see D7070 listed in the Forwarded Ports box.
[[Image:Putty-tunnels.gif]]
That’s it for tunnels, as there is no need to create more than one. Remember to save your session profile in PuTTY so you don’t have to set up the tunnel next time.

'''3) Connect to the remote SSH box'''

Double click on the connection profile and type in your username and password when prompted.

'''4) Configure Firefox'''

Go to Edit, Preferences, Advanced. Click on the Network tab, and then click on Connection Settings

Check Manual Proxy Configuration, leave most of the fields blank, but fill in 127.0.0.1 for the SOCKS Host with a port of 7070 (or whatever you used in Step 2)

File:Putty-tunnels.gif

2008-11-27T17:42:16Z

Roosen:

File:Putty-session.gif

2008-11-27T17:41:27Z

Roosen:

How to read scientific papers from home

2008-11-27T17:39:50Z

Roosen:

There is a simple solution for using the universities access to scientific journals to read and download publications from home. In short: you have to tunnel your web traffic through an ssh-session. We will describe setting up this tunnel using the browser "firefox" and openssh (for Linux) or PuTTY (for Windows).

= Linux =

Make sure you have an openssh client installed, open a terminal and type:

ssh -qTfnN -D 7070 itp.uni-frankfurt.de

All the added options are for a ssh session that’s used for tunneling.

-q :- be very quite, we are acting only as a tunnel.
-T :- Do not allocate a pseudo tty, we are only acting a tunnel.
-f :- move the ssh process to background, as we don’t want to interact with this ssh session directly.
-N :- Do not execute remote command.
-n :- redirect standard input to /dev/null.

continue with step 4) of the Windows section (configuring firefox)

= Windows =

'''1) Create a new PuTTY session'''

Run PuTTY and create a new session in PuTTY to connect to the remote host. Fill in the hostname: ''itp.uni-frankfurt.de'', the port: ''22'', make sure SSH is checked, give it a session name and hit Save.

'''2) Configure a secure tunnel'''

Click on “Tunnels” on the left and set up dynamic fowarding for a local port (e.g. 7070). Under “Add new forwarded port” type in 7070 for the source port, leave the destination blank, and check Auto and Dynamic. Then it the Add button. If you did it correctly, you’ll see D7070 listed in the Forwarded Ports box.

That’s it for tunnels, as there is no need to create more than one. Remember to save your session profile in PuTTY so you don’t have to set up the tunnel next time.

'''3) Connect to the remote SSH box'''

Double click on the connection profile and type in your username and password when prompted.

'''4) Configure Firefox'''

Go to Edit, Preferences, Advanced. Click on the Network tab, and then click on Connection Settings

Check Manual Proxy Configuration, leave most of the fields blank, but fill in 127.0.0.1 for the SOCKS Host with a port of 7070 (or whatever you used in Step 2)

How to read scientific papers from home

2008-11-27T17:37:56Z

Roosen:

There is a simple solution for using the universities access to scientific journals to read and download publications from home. In short: you have to tunnel your web traffic through an ssh-session. We will describe setting up this tunnel using the browser "firefox" and openssh (for Linux) or PuTTY (for Windows).

= Linux =

Make sure you have an openssh client installed, open a terminal and type:

ssh -qTfnN -D 7070 itp.uni-frankfurt.de

All the added options are for a ssh session that’s used for tunneling.

-q :- be very quite, we are acting only as a tunnel.
-T :- Do not allocate a pseudo tty, we are only acting a tunnel.
-f :- move the ssh process to background, as we don’t want to interact with this ssh session directly.
-N :- Do not execute remote command.
-n :- redirect standard input to /dev/null.

continue with step 4) of the Windows section (configuring firefox)

= Windows =

1) Create a new PuTTY session
Run PuTTY and create a new session in PuTTY to connect to the remote host. Fill in the hostname: ''itp.uni-frankfurt.de'', the port: ''22'', make sure SSH is checked, give it a session name and hit Save.

2) Configure a secure tunnel
Click on “Tunnels” on the left and set up dynamic fowarding for a local port (e.g. 7070). Under “Add new forwarded port” type in 7070 for the source port, leave the destination blank, and check Auto and Dynamic. Then it the Add button. If you did it correctly, you’ll see D7070 listed in the Forwarded Ports box.

That’s it for tunnels, as there is no need to create more than one. Remember to save your session profile in PuTTY so you don’t have to set up the tunnel next time.

3) Connect to the remote SSH box
Double click on the connection profile and type in your username and password when prompted.

4) Configure Firefox
Go to Edit, Preferences, Advanced. Click on the Network tab, and then click on Connection Settings

Check Manual Proxy Configuration, leave most of the fields blank, but fill in 127.0.0.1 for the SOCKS Host with a port of 7070 (or whatever you used in Step 2)

How to read scientific papers from home

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How to read scientific papers from home

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Roosen: New page: There is a simple solution for using the universities access to scientific journals to read and download publications from home. In short: you have to tunnel your web traffic through an ss...

Commercial Software

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We have several Commercial Software Package installed on our System. This document describes what we have and how to use them.

= Mathematica =

Mathematica is an algebra system from Wolfram Research [http://www.wolfram.com/]. We provide the radical new version 6.0 and an older version 5.2. The following table shows awailable commands:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| mathematica, Mathematica
| calls Frontend-Version 6.0
|-
| math, MathKernel
| calls Kernel-Version 6.0
|-
| mathematica-5.2, Mathematica-5.2
| calls Frontend-Version 5.2
|-
| math-5.2, MathKernel-5.2
| calls Kernel-Version 5.2
|}

= Maple =

Maple 12 is available with either "xmaple" or "maple".

= Matlab =

Matlab is available in Version R2008a with the command "matlab".

Main Page

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<big>'''ITP IT-Service Wiki'''</big>

In this Wiki you find information and documentation about our Computer-Environment.

Please read first: '''[[FAQ|Frequently asked questions]]'''

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Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.