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LaunchAgent for continually connecting to SOCKS via autossh
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gov.va.socks.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>gov.va.socks</string>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<dict>
<key>NetworkState</key>
<true/>
</dict>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/opt/homebrew/bin/autossh</string>
<string>-v</string>
<string>-M</string>
<string>20001</string>
<string>-D</string>
<string>2001</string>
<string>socks</string>
<string>-N</string>
</array>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/Users/ericboehs/Logs/autossh/autossh.stdout</string>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/Users/ericboehs/Logs/autossh/autossh.stderr</string>
<key>User</key>
<string>ericboehs</string>
<key>ThrottleInterval</key>
<integer>30</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
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ericboehs commented Mar 9, 2021 •
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Place this in ~/Library/LaunchAgents, update the paths from /Users/ericboehs to something that actually exists, and then run:

launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/gov.va.socks.plist

You'll want to make sure autossh is installed (brew install autossh) and if you're not on a M1 mac, you'll need to change line 16 to /usr/local/bin/autossh.

You'll also need to configure your socks host in ~/.ssh/config. But hopefully you've already done that.

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FernandoBoza commented Jul 8, 2021

Should the user add the plist pac url to their network proxy?

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ericboehs commented Jul 8, 2021

That's what I prefer. But you could also use the omegaproxy extension in Chrome/Firefox. The autosshd solution presented here doesn't presuppose how you'll be connecting to the proxy, just getting the proxy running.

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