Create a new PuTTY session to the remote server
Enter in the server details
Click on Connection
Click on SSH and select Tunnels
In the source field enter the port you would like to forward. In the section below, select Dynamic and Auto.
Go to the main PuTTY session dialog, and save the changes you have made.
Press Open to open your Putty session and login if it asks for the details.
Now you need to configure the application you are trying to tunnel
For example, in Internet Explorer, click Tools, Internet Options, click Connections, Choose LAN Settings and change the proxy to localhost
(SOCKS5 as Proxy type if asked) and enter the port that you were forwarding into the port information.
Save and you should now be routing your traffic through the tunnel
Unix You can use the following command to enable an SSH Tunnel on a Linux machine: ssh -D localhost:PORT [email protected]xample.com