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Answer CAPTCHA from server’s IP

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With a SSH tunnel we can send requests from server’s IP and solve a CAPTCHA that +blocks requests from this IP. If your SearXNG instance is hosted at +example.org and your login is user you can setup a proxy simply by +ssh:

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The socks://localhost:8080 from above can be tested by:

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In the settings of the WEB browser open the “Network Settings” and setup a +proxy on SOCKS5 127.0.0.1:8080 (see screenshot below). In the WEB browser +check the IP from the server is used:

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Now open the search engine that blocks requests from your server’s IP. If you +have issues with the qwant engine, +solve the CAPTCHA from qwant.com.

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Fig. 1 Firefox’s network settings

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ssh manual:

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-D [bind_address:]port

Specifies a local “dynamic” application-level port forwarding. This works +by allocating a socket to listen to port on the local side .. Whenever a +connection is made to this port, the connection is forwarded over the +secure channel, and the application protocol is then used to determine +where to connect to from the remote machine .. ssh will act as a SOCKS +server ..

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Do not execute a remote command. This is useful for just forwarding ports.

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