To install ssocksd proxy server, run
cd /usr/local/src wget https://github.com/tostercx/ssocks/archive/master.zip unzip master.zip cd ssocks-master ./configure --prefix=/usr make make install
To start ssocksd server, run
ssocksd --port 7070
This will run socks5 proxy server with out authentication on port 7070.
Only run with out authentication if you have firewall running, that can limit access to proxy port to authorized IPs.
Enabling Authentication
First create password file. User name and password is stored in plain text in username:password format.
echo "hostonnet:mySecurePW123" >> /etc/ssocksd.auth
Now run ssocksd with -a /etc/ssocksd.auth
ssocksd -a /etc/ssocksd.auth --port 7070
Verify socks5 proxy working with curl
boby@hon-pc-01:~$ curl -x socks5://hostonnet:[email protected]:7070 http://checkip.amazonaws.com 198.204.228.180 boby@hon-pc-01:~$
Firefox browser do not support password authenticated socks5 servers. So you will need to use a firewall to only allow access to proxy port from white listed IP addresses.
