Re: Tunnel DNS queries

["Arturas Zalenekas" <security () zalenekas net>]

Hi secrookie,

take a look at VPN solutions for linux (e.g. OpenVPN).
Fast and uncomplicated to implement.

But if you really want to get UDP working through SSH tunnel ...
http://www.zarb.org/~gc/html/udp-in-ssh-tunneling.html

Have fun.



Kind regards,

Arturas Zalenekas
Network Security Engineer and Analyst


> I am researching on how to tunnel udp DNS queries.
>
> There are lots of information on how to do this for secure web
> browsing (ssh/squid, enable remote dns proxy in config: firefox
> etc..).
>
> I would like to tunnel all DNS queries from a Linux box via ssh to a
> remote DNS server.  I looked into port forwarding 53 but was not
> sucessfull.  As DNS queries are UDP I am not sure if it will work with
> openssh.  My understanding is openssh tunnel only works with TCP.
>
> Any input would be appreciated.
>
> regards,
> secrookie