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Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN. Forwards over ssh. Doesn't require admin. Works with Linux and MacOS. Supports DNS tunneling.

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sshuttle: where transparent proxy meets VPN meets ssh

As far as I know, sshuttle is the only program that solves the following common case:

  • Your client machine (or router) is Linux, FreeBSD, or MacOS.

  • You have access to a remote network via ssh.

  • You don't necessarily have admin access on the remote network.

  • The remote network has no VPN, or only stupid/complex VPN protocols (IPsec, PPTP, etc). Or maybe you are the admin and you just got frustrated with the awful state of VPN tools.

  • You don't want to create an ssh port forward for every single host/port on the remote network.

  • You hate openssh's port forwarding because it's randomly slow and/or stupid.

  • You can't use openssh's PermitTunnel feature because it's disabled by default on openssh servers; plus it does TCP-over-TCP, which has terrible performance_.

.. _terrible performance: https://sshuttle.readthedocs.io/en/stable/how-it-works.html

Obtaining sshuttle

  • Ubuntu 16.04 or later::

    apt-get install sshuttle
    
  • Debian stretch or later::

    apt-get install sshuttle
    
  • Arch Linux::

    pacman -S sshuttle
    
  • Fedora::

    dnf install sshuttle
    
  • openSUSE::

    zypper in sshuttle
    
  • Gentoo::

    emerge -av net-proxy/sshuttle
    
  • NixOS::

    nix-env -iA nixos.sshuttle
    
  • From PyPI::

    sudo pip install sshuttle
    
  • Clone::

    git clone https://github.com/sshuttle/sshuttle.git
    cd sshuttle
    sudo ./setup.py install
    
  • FreeBSD::

    # ports
    cd /usr/ports/net/py-sshuttle && make install clean
    # pkg
    pkg install py39-sshuttle
    
  • OpenBSD::

    pkg_add sshuttle
    
  • macOS, via MacPorts::

    sudo port selfupdate
    sudo port install sshuttle
    

It is also possible to install into a virtualenv as a non-root user.

  • From PyPI::

    virtualenv -p python3 /tmp/sshuttle
    . /tmp/sshuttle/bin/activate
    pip install sshuttle
    
  • Clone::

    virtualenv -p python3 /tmp/sshuttle
    . /tmp/sshuttle/bin/activate
    git clone https://github.com/sshuttle/sshuttle.git
    cd sshuttle
    ./setup.py install
    
  • Homebrew::

    brew install sshuttle
    
  • Nix::

    nix-env -iA nixpkgs.sshuttle
    

Documentation

The documentation for the stable version is available at: https://sshuttle.readthedocs.org/

The documentation for the latest development version is available at: https://sshuttle.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

Running as a service

Sshuttle can also be run as a service and configured using a config management system: https://medium.com/@mike.reider/using-sshuttle-as-a-service-bec2684a65fe

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