Please help with Apache2 Proxy install

OK - I've been pulling my hair out over this for 24hrs now...

I'm trying to setup an apache2 proxy server on my ubuntu VPS. So that I can SSH via Putty and access the internet through the proxy.
I'm using the steps in this guide to help me:
http://famvdploeg.com/blog/?p=32

Theres a few steps missing in there like having to run

to get the mod_proxy to work.

I have been mildly successfull in that I can open up the ssh tunnel and then firefox will bring up a blank webpage for whatever site I go to. If I close the tunnel I then get a proxy refused error. Which must mean I'm doing something right? right?

Any help very much appreciated.

 

would this help anyone help me?

Output from Linux Proxy Server

Code:

root@proxy:~# netstat -tupan | egrep '(:8080|putty)'
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:8080            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN         1090/apache2

What is the listen 1090? Is that my problem?

Here is an out put from my Windows Client running Putty

Code:

C:\>netstat -an | find ":8080"
  TCP    127.0.0.1:8080         0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING

So I assume my tunnel is all up OK.

 

Any ideas anyone?
Where's that genius Falko

 

That's just the process ID, not a port.

Are there any errors in your logs, especially Apache's error log?