Sometimes it's useful to use an instutional webcache from home - getting at things on IEEEXplore for example - but many webcaches don't allow access from the internet. SSH to the rescue.
Assuming you have access to a machine inside the institution, host.inst
,
and that the webcache is called webcache.inst
on port 8080
then:
ssh host@inst -L 8000:webcache.inst:8080 -T
Will forward port 8000
on your local machine to port 8080
on the
webcache, set up your browser to expect a wep proxy on localhost:8000
.