Is it possible to SSH and tunnel all incoming network trad

Question

My college is blocking traffic through certain ports which my applicaton uses (TCP, UDP). When I use a free VPN service like HotSpot VPN. It works fine and redirects all the network traffic through.

Recently, i've got a superuser access on my network through which I can access all the ports as long as I'm using a lab computer. Now, I want to in a way abuse this feature and redirect traffic from my laptop through this superuser access.

I know I can port forward certain ports for HTTP access etc. My question is if I can tunnel all the incoming data on any port through the superuser account and into my laptop.

My Attempt:

My attempt so far as been to read up various articles :'( I've read that setting up a VPN service on this superuser account and accessing that computer via a SSH tunnel from my Laptop should do the work.

Is that the only or rather the easiest way to go about it? If yes, can you suggest me how I could that.

Answer 1

I would look at using a SOCKS proxy via ssh, which is talked about often in the context of Steam specifically; for example:

• Getting Steam.exe to run through a http proxy
• Force programs that do not specify proxy settings to use a proxy (ie: Steam)

Note that I'm only answering this since you are unlikely to be deterred by admonishments like MarkoPolo, with whom I agree otherwise. I advise you to use your powers wisely, since you could one day find your powers revoked by those who don't like their networks abused.