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Using tor as SOCKS proxy with SOCAT
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socat_socks_proxy.sh
socat TCP-LISTEN:<localport> SOCKS4A:localhost:<host>:<remoteport>,socksport=9050
# for example, to ssh into secret.shell.server.org via tor, do:
$ socat TCP-LISTEN:22222 SOCKS4A:localhost:secret.shell.server.org:22,socksport=9050 &
$ ssh localhost -p 22222
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xanoni commented Sep 6, 2021

why SOCKS 4?

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lene commented Sep 6, 2021

tbh I don't remember. Give SOCKS5 a try, and if it works, great!

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xanoni commented Sep 6, 2021

https://github.com/runsisi/socat

"socat with socks5 support (official socat release does not support socks5 proxy)"

Alright.

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dimaqq commented Oct 28, 2022

master branch supports it, but there's no release. build from source.

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