proxy

[hosler]

I want to set up a socks proxy for my virtual server. At home I use nylon socks server on my FreeBSD box. I use this server for personal use at school so I can play games and stuff. However, nylon is very insecure because it doesnt have authentication. Could anyone recommend a nice socks proxy server that uses passord authentication that I could install onto my VPS?

[haseeb]

you will find quite a few feature rich proxies at: http://www.freshmeat.net

what i'd really recommend is that you run sshd on your box. then using a client such as putty (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html) use ssh's dynamic port forwarding feature. It creates a local socks proxy which you can tunnel your data through. you get encryption and optional compression of all your data.