Socket Secure (SOCKS for short) is an Internet protocol that routes network packets between a client and server through a Proxy server.
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how to view meteor DDP traffic?
meteor uses DDP over socks / websockets. How do i get any type of view of what's going on in the browsers debug console? In the network panel of chrome at least there is just a single "websocket" connection without much info on the traffic running…
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What's the difference between a "Socks Proxy" and a "HTTP Proxy which supports CONNECT request"
I know a socks proxy is a proxy which just relays the traffic to the dst ip:port
And a HTTP Proxy which support CONNECT request, it also just relays the traffic to the dest host in the http request header
Is there any difference in their…
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Understanding the Socks5 Protocol
I'm a total newbie with socks5, but I'm trying learn by creating a socks5 server.
I've gotten a great deal of information about SocksV5 from reading RFC 1928.
It explains the packets which must be sent to the client and server in order to establish…
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Why does SOCKS5 require to relay UDP over UDP?
The SOCKS5 protocol, described by RFC1928 provides support for UDP.
To summarize, a client wishing to relay UDP packets through a SOCKS5 server must, at least:
open a TCP connection to the SOCKS5 server;
send a UDP ASSOCIATE request (cf section…
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Using urllib2 with SOCKS proxy
Is it possible to fetch pages with urllib2 through a SOCKS proxy on a one socks server per opener basic? I've seen the solution using setdefaultproxy method, but I need to have different socks in different openers.
So there is SocksiPy library,…
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Difference between HTTP(s) Reverse Proxy, TCP Proxy, Socks5 Proxy?
Here are my understandings about these and I see few gaps there; especially when and where to use
HTTP(s) proxy:
Can be used as TLS termination proxy
Can be used to modify HTTP headers
Can be used as a load balancer or a public IP provider in…
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How does SOCK 5 proxy-ing of DNS work in browsers?
Browsers can proxy DNS requests through SOCKS 5. What I don't understand is how the process works.
Correct me if I'm wrong. In normal DNS operation, a program does DNS resolution through its operating system, which in turn is configured to access a…
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How to enable/configure SOCKS proxy support in apache mod_proxy ( Apache2 )
I'm trying to find a documentation about how to setup apache2 mod_proxy with SOCKS proxy
I've found this page
http://menet.math.ecnu.edu.cn/manual/mod/mod_proxy.html#socks
But it is about apache version 1, and I'm not sure that the recipe there…
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socks5 proxy/tunnel for nginx upstream?
are there any solution/patch that would make nginx work with a socks upstream?
something like this:
server {
location / {
proxy_pass socks5://ip:port/
}
}
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NodeJS CPU spikes to 100% one CPU at a time
I have a SOCKS5 Proxy server that I wrote in NodeJS.
I am utilizing the native net and dgram libraries to open TCP and UDP sockets.
It's working fine for around 2 days and all the CPUs are around 30% max. After 2 days with no restarts, one CPU…
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How to use socks with gradle for dependency resolving, in command line?
When jcenter is not accessible without proxy server, to resolve dependencies, and i want to use socks instead of http proxy, how i can use it in commanad line?
I know how to use http proxy:
-Dhttp.proxyHost=yourProxy -Dhttp.proxyPort=yourPort …
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How to chain SOCKS proxies?
I have a working socks proxy from my laptop (machine A) to machine B:
[A]$ ssh -ND 8888 B
I can set up firefox to use socks proxy on the local port 8888, and browsing works. So far so good.
But I also have a socks proxy between machines B and…
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Telegram calls via Dante socks5 proxy server not working
I've confugured Dante 1.4on Ubuntu 16.04 as a socks5 proxy for Telegram.
Chats are working, but voice calls are not, failing at "Connecting".
Is there something special I need to configure in order to proxy Telegram voice traffic?
I'm using a single…
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Socks Proxy for HttpWebRequest
According to my research whilst trying to solve this problem, it turns out that the .Net WebProxy class does not support Socks proxies - a tad annoying. I also can't seem to find any code or information which explains how to implement Socks 4/5…
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Are "SOCKS5 proxying" and "ssh tunneling" same thing?
I know that I can run a socks5 proxy by ssh -D some-port-number remote-server-url.
I know that I can configure my applications (for example firefox) to use socks5 proxy (often by specifying something like…
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