First post, very simple, but something that took me longer than I thought it would to find an answer to online. In Linux it's very easy to use ssh to create a SOCKS5 proxy tunnel through your SSH target. You then point a browser at localhost and some arbitrary port you specify, thus masquerading your local browser as the machine you're SSHed into:
ssh -D 12345 username@remotehost.com.au
The same can be done on Windows just as easily with
PuTTY. Download it if you haven't already and put a copy in %SYSTEMROOT% (C:\Windows\). In the Run dialog or search box, enter:
putty -D 12345 username@remotehost.com.au
Login to the remote host. Change Firefox's SOCKS proxy setting to be 'localhost' and whatever port you specify (12345) and browse away.
Another useful ssh trick is the ability to create a vpn style tunnel using ssh. I have done a quick walk through here http://www.thegoldfish.org/2012/11/easy-openssh-vpn-using-tunneling/
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