proxychains(1)

📦 version 3.1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 proxychains — the manual, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, you found the proxychains(1) page and honestly? iconic. let me give you the whole thing, no skips, no gatekeeping. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ProxyChains — redirect connections through proxy servers 🌈

🌸 SYNTAX 🌸

proxychains <program>

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically this program forces any tcp connection made by any given tcp client to follow through a proxy (or a whole proxy chain, like a lil relay race 🏃♀️). it's a kind of proxifier, ngl.

it acts like sockscap / premeo / eborder driver — as in, it intercepts TCP calls. lowkey a menace, highkey a lifesaver 💅

this version (2.0) supports SOCKS4, SOCKS5 and HTTP CONNECT proxy servers. auth-types: socks — "user/pass", http — "basic". slay.

🌟 When to use it ? 🌟

  1. when the only way to get "outside" from your LAN is through a proxy server. 🚪
  2. when you're behind a restrictive firewall that filters outgoing connections to some ports. 🔥
  3. when you wanna use two (or more) proxies in chain, like: your_host <--> proxy1 <--> proxy2 <--> target_host ⛓️
  4. when you wanna "proxify" some programs that have no proxy support built-in (like telnet). periodt.
  5. when you don't wanna pay for eBorder / premeo socks driver :) 💸

🎀 Some cool features: 🎀

  • this program can mix different proxy types in the same chain 🧬

like: your_host <-->socks5 <--> http <--> socks4 <--> http <--> target_host

  • different chaining options supported, like: take a random proxy from the list. or: chain proxies in exact order. or: chain proxies in dynamic order (smart exclude dead proxies from chain). no cap, it's giving versatility ✨
  • you can use it with any TCP client application, even network scanners. yes, yes — you can make portscan via proxy (or chained proxies), for example with Nmap scanner by fyodor (www.insecure.org/nmap). 👑
proxychains nmap -sT -PO -p 80 -iR  (find some webservers through proxy)
⚠️ NOTE: to run suid/sgid programs (like ssh) through proxychains you have to be root. like, actually. not optional. 🔐

🍓 FILES 🍓

proxychains looks for the config file in this following order:

  1. ./proxychains.conf
  2. $(HOME)/.proxychains/proxychains.conf
  3. /etc/proxychains.conf

see more in /etc/proxychains.conf 📖

🧚 EXAMPLES 🧚

to run this program the standard way, type:

proxychains telnet targethost.com

in this example it will run telnet through the proxy (or chained proxies) specified by proxychains.conf. easy peasy 💜

👑 COPYING 👑

proxychains is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL 2.0 or greater). free as in freedom, bestie 🕊️

💀 AUTHORS 💀

Net Creature, Proxy Labs <http://proxychains.sourceforge.net>

okay that's the whole page, you ate it up. and just so you know who to credit — this was written by Net Creature, version 2.0, and the page itself is proxychains(1). mwah 💅✨💖

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