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Set the Mac OS X SOCKS proxy on the command line

Set the Mac OS X SOCKS proxy on the command line

a.k.a. what to do when your ISP starts blocking sites :(

Set the SOCKS proxy to local SSH tunnel

networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxy "Ethernet" localhost 8080

To clear the domain and port

networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxy "Ethernet" "" ""

To turn the SOCKS proxy off

networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate "Ethernet" off
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i need SOCKS for tunnel

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SSH tunnel

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@ghost
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socks5.sh

 #!/bin/bash
disable_proxy()
{
        networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Wi-Fi off
        networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Ethernet off
        echo "SOCKS proxy disabled."
}
trap disable_proxy INT
 
networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxy Wi-Fi 127.0.0.1 8080
networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxy Ethernet 127.0.0.1 8080
networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Wi-Fi on
networksetup -setsocksfirewallproxystate Ethernet on 
networksetup -setproxybypassdomains Wi-Fi youtube.com whatismyipaddress.com  ###excluded domains. if you do not want delete this line###
echo "SOCKS proxy enabled."
echo "Tunneling..."
ssh -ND 8080 root@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

and then chmod a+x /path/socks5.sh

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finagin commented Jul 23, 2019

Update this line, save as /usr/bin/socks and run:

$ socks

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