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Figure 29-4. Ranger Gateway with PUTTY with SOCKS 5
5. Specify the Proxy type (SOCKS 5, for this example), Proxy hostname, which should be
the
mygateway.company.com
Ranger Gateway (for example,
6. Depending on your DNS configuration, you may need to change the Do DNS name
lookup at proxy end setting. The Username and Password fields should be left blank.
7. Click the Open button to establish the SSH session.
One advantage of SOCKS over GVI/RGVI is that it is typically possible to configure the SOCKS
client to route traffic for certain ports to the Ranger Gateway, while traffic destined for other ports is
routed normally. In addition, some SOCKS clients can be configured to only intercept traffic sent
from specified applications. A disadvantage of SOCKS is that many management applications do
not provide built-in support for SOCKS and reliable SOCKS shims may not be available for the
operating system being used. In these cases, an alternative Telnet/SSH proxy access mechanism will
need to be selected.
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host name or IP
), and the Port, which should be the SOCKS server port on the
address of the Ranger
).
4855
Gateway (for example,
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