How to read scientific papers from home - Revision history

Roosen at 13:55, 12 January 2010

2010-01-12T13:55:18Z

Roosen at 13:16, 28 November 2008

2008-11-28T13:16:55Z

Roosen at 13:15, 28 November 2008

2008-11-28T13:15:33Z

Roosen at 13:12, 28 November 2008

2008-11-28T13:12:07Z

Roosen at 13:11, 28 November 2008

2008-11-28T13:11:30Z

Thw at 11:01, 28 November 2008

2008-11-28T11:01:12Z

Roosen at 17:54, 27 November 2008

2008-11-27T17:54:05Z

Roosen at 17:49, 27 November 2008

2008-11-27T17:49:59Z

Roosen at 17:46, 27 November 2008

2008-11-27T17:46:56Z

Roosen at 17:42, 27 November 2008

2008-11-27T17:42:57Z

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 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.
+  -D :- forward port 7070 to itp.uni-frankfurt.de
    -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.

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:16, 28 November 2008
Line 1:		Line 1:
−	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 ].	+	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 ==		== Linux ==

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-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>
+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 ==
@@ Line 52: / Line 52: @@
 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.

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:12, 28 November 2008
Line 55:		Line 55:

	== References ==		== References ==
−	~~{{Reflist}}~~	+	<references/>

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-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).
+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 ==
@@ Line 52: / Line 52: @@
 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.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 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 =
+== Linux ==
 Make sure you have an openssh client installed, open a terminal and type:
@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 continue with step 4) of the Windows section (configuring firefox)
-= Windows =
+== Windows ==
-'''1) Create a new PuTTY session'''
+=== 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.
@@ Line 27: / Line 27: @@
-'''2) Configure a secure tunnel'''
+=== 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.
@@ Line 36: / Line 36: @@
-'''3) Connect to the remote SSH box'''
+=== Connect to the remote SSH box ===
 Double click on the connection profile and type in your username and password when prompted.
-'''4) Configure Firefox'''
+=== Configure Firefox ===
 Go to Edit, Preferences, Advanced. Click on the Network tab, and then click on Connection Settings:
@@ Line 49: / Line 49: @@
-'''5) Surf the web using Firefox'''
+=== 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.

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:54, 27 November 2008
Line 47:		Line 47:

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

@@ Line 18: / Line 18: @@
 = Windows =
 '''1) Create a new PuTTY session'''
@@ Line 24: / Line 25: @@
 [[Image:Putty-session.gif]]
 '''2) Configure a secure tunnel'''
@@ Line 37: / Line 39: @@
 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_tunnels.jpg]]
+[[Image:Firefox_preferences.jpg]] [[Image:Firefox_tunnels.jpg]]

@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
 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]]
@@ Line 27: / Line 28: @@
 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.