[HCoop-Help] SSH proxy help please?

[lauren]

Hello,

My office has an annoying content blocker that I'd like to get around by
proxying through an SSH tunnel, if possible. The problem is that I don't
really know how to do this. I tried following the directions I found on
some websites like https://calomel.org/firefox_ssh_proxy.html and
http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/12/08/ssh-tunnel-socks-proxy-forwarding-secure-browsing/
but it didn't work. I don't know if its because I did it wrong or if its
because mire doesn't allow what I'm trying to do. When I typed "ssh -D 8080
lauren at hcoop.net" I got "Connection closed by 69.90.123.67".

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Lauren