Neomailbox

Install Guide

Private Surfing with Firefox on Linux / *BSD

Follow this guide to set up Firefox on Linux / *BSD for Private Surfing with NeoTunnel

First download the certs.pem and stunnel.conf files for NeoTunnel by clicking the buttons below.

stunnel.conf certs.pem

Install NeoTunnel

  1. Using your operating system's package manager, install the stunnel package. It may also be called stunnel4. If both stunnel and stunnel4 are available, install stunnel4.

  2. NOTE: If you already have stunnel installed and are already using it for other purposes, do not copy the files as detailed below. Doing so will replace your existing stunnel configuration files. Instead, you should incorporate the configuration from the stunnel.conf file linked above into your existing stunnel.conf. If you would like assistance with this, please contact us.

    If you just installed stunnel as per step 1, and didn't already have it installed on your system (see NOTE above), copy both the files you downloaded above to the /etc/stunnel directory on your computer. Make sure their permissions are ok with:

    chmod go-w /etc/stunnel/*

  3. Start stunnel, usually with a command such as:

    /etc/init.d/stunnel start

    or:

    systemctl start stunnel

    On some systems, just typing "stunnel" on the command prompt should do the trick.

Next, configure Firefox to use the NeoTunnel proxy.

Configure Firefox

If you don't already have Firefox installed, you can get it from firefox.com. The link will open in a new tab.

  1. Select Firefox > Preferences from the Firefox main menu.

  2. In the window which appears click on the "Advanced" icon, and then on the "Network" tab, and click the "Settings" button.

  3. Firefox's proxy settings dialog will appear. Enable "Manual proxy configuration" as well as "Use this proxy server for all protocols". In the "HTTP Proxy" field, type in "127.0.0.1" (without the quotes), and in the "Port:" field type in "8080" (without quotes).

  4. If you would like to view some sites directly and not through the proxy, list them (separated by commas) in the "No proxy for:" field.

Now all your web requests from Firefox will go through our SSL secured proxy and the results will be returned to you via the SSL secured channel.

You will be asked to supply your Neomailbox username and control panel password when you begin browsing.