In a previous post I wrote about using a TAP interface to be able to SSH into linux guests from the host. Since then changes in the newer versions of VirtualBox have seen the addition of a virtual interface on the Host by default. This post details how to utilise…
Note: I'm using VirtualBox 2.1.4 PUEL edition. With other versions YMMV. See comments for more info. Note: If you're using VBox 3.x then Howto: SSH into VirtualBox 3 Linux Guests is more up to date. On Ubuntu I've been using VirtualBox as the solution for cross-browser testing…
I first saw this tip a while back on the Ubuntu Blog and it's a useful way of using SSH to set-up private web surfing. Not to mention I've come across several public wifi installs that leave port 22 unfiltered so providing you set firefox to run the DNS from…
Picture this; you come back from lunch at "My Old Dutch Pancake house" and every one of your ssh connections has been closed due to lack of activity. It's reasonable that the server you are connected to (or the hardware you are connecting through) closes connections due to…