proxy.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import os
import optparse

parser = optparse.OptionParser()

parser.add_option('-p','--port',help = "Port number locally", default = 8888)

if __name__  == "__main__":
    opts, args = parser.parse_args()
    print opts, args
    if not len(args) == 1:
        parser.print_usage()
        sys.exit(0)
    os.popen('ssh -NfD %s %s' % (opts.port,args[0] ))

run proxy.py username@host -p 8888 to set up a SOCKS proxy listening locally on port 8888.

This is pretty trivial stuff. Why not use the SSH command directly? :)

Also, there's https://github.com/apenwarr/sshuttle, but I've never tried it out yet.

True true. Keeps me from remembering the SSH flags though. :)

.bashrc:

alias proxy="ssh -NfD $1 $2"

:)