socks5 over websocket.
wssocks can proxy TCP and UDP(not implemented currently) connections via socks5. But the socks5 data is wrapped in websockets and then sent to server.
- Transporte data through firewalls
In some network environment, due to the restricts of firewalls, only http(s)/websocket is allowed. wssocks is mainly useful for passing through firewalls. We can access the inner netwrok (such as ssh) behind the firewalls via socks protocol wrapped in websockets. - High performance
wssocks only create one TCP connection (websocket) per client to handle multiple socks5 connections, which achieves much higher performance. - Easy to use
No configures, no dependences, just a single executable including client and server.
go get -u github.com/genshen/wssocks
You can also download it from release page.
wssocks server --addr :1088wssocks client --addr :1080 --remote ws://example.com:1088
# using ssh to connect to example.com which may be behind firewalls.
ssh -o ProxyCommand='nc -x 127.0.0.1:1080 %h %p' [email protected] And set your socks5 server address as :1080 in your socks5 client (such as proxifier or proxy setting in mac's network preferences) if you need to use socks5 proxy in more situations, not only ssh in terminal.
You can also enable http and https proxy by --http option(in client side)
if http(s) proxy in server side is enabled:
# client siede
wssocks client --addr :1080 --remote ws://example.com:1088 --httpThen you can set server address of http and https proxy as :1080
in your http(s) proxy client (e.g. mac's network preferences).
note: http(s) proxy is enabled by default in server side, you can disable it in server side
by wssocks server --addr :1088 --http=false .
wssocks --help
wssocks client --help
wssocks server --help