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The SOCKS We Have at Home

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Feed Name: TrustedSec blog

Date Published: 2025-03-19

Date Updated: 2026-05-01

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This practical guide explains how to pivot through Windows systems during penetration tests by leveraging built-in OpenSSH clients and servers, using SSH remote and dynamic port forwarding (-R and -D), proxychains for routing tools, and steps to install/configure OpenSSH Server on Windows to create SOCKS proxies and tunnels to reach otherwise inaccessible targets.

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