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A simple TCP redirector in python
#!/usr/bin/env python
import socket
import threading
import select
import sys
terminateAll = False
class ClientThread(threading.Thread):
def __init__(self, clientSocket, targetHost, targetPort):
threading.Thread.__init__(self)
self.__clientSocket = clientSocket
self.__targetHost = targetHost
self.__targetPort = targetPort
def run(self):
print "Client Thread started"
self.__clientSocket.setblocking(0)
targetHostSocket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
targetHostSocket.connect((self.__targetHost, self.__targetPort))
targetHostSocket.setblocking(0)
clientData = ""
targetHostData = ""
terminate = False
while not terminate and not terminateAll:
inputs = [self.__clientSocket, targetHostSocket]
outputs = []
if len(clientData) > 0:
outputs.append(self.__clientSocket)
if len(targetHostData) > 0:
outputs.append(targetHostSocket)
try:
inputsReady, outputsReady, errorsReady = select.select(inputs, outputs, [], 1.0)
except Exception, e:
print e
break
for inp in inputsReady:
if inp == self.__clientSocket:
try:
data = self.__clientSocket.recv(4096)
except Exception, e:
print e
if data != None:
if len(data) > 0:
targetHostData += data
else:
terminate = True
elif inp == targetHostSocket:
try:
data = targetHostSocket.recv(4096)
except Exception, e:
print e
if data != None:
if len(data) > 0:
clientData += data
else:
terminate = True
for out in outputsReady:
if out == self.__clientSocket and len(clientData) > 0:
bytesWritten = self.__clientSocket.send(clientData)
if bytesWritten > 0:
clientData = clientData[bytesWritten:]
elif out == targetHostSocket and len(targetHostData) > 0:
bytesWritten = targetHostSocket.send(targetHostData)
if bytesWritten > 0:
targetHostData = targetHostData[bytesWritten:]
self.__clientSocket.close()
targetHostSocket.close()
print "ClienThread terminating"
if __name__ == '__main__':
if len(sys.argv) != 5:
print 'Usage:\n\tpython SimpleTCPRedirector <host> <port> <remote host> <remote port>'
print 'Example:\n\tpython SimpleTCPRedirector localhost 8080 www.google.com 80'
sys.exit(0)
localHost = sys.argv[1]
localPort = int(sys.argv[2])
targetHost = sys.argv[3]
targetPort = int(sys.argv[4])
serverSocket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
serverSocket.bind((localHost, localPort))
serverSocket.listen(5)
print "Waiting for client..."
while True:
try:
clientSocket, address = serverSocket.accept()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
print "\nTerminating..."
terminateAll = True
break
ClientThread(clientSocket, targetHost, targetPort).start()
serverSocket.close()
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Thanks! I was able to modify this script to use the TOR SOCKS5 proxy to forward a TCP address to a local port, even though I use a HTTP proxy on my computer.

@heisenberg2980
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@sivachandran chould this be modified to redirect the traffic to two servers instead of one? I am looking for a script that accept TCP/IP connections in a port and redirect the traffic to two different servers

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@heisenberg2980 you can make targetHostSocket as an array of socket to redirect to multiple server. But you need to decided how you are going to respond, e.g., combine both server response. Also the termination condition needs to be updated to wait for any one or both server.

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heisenberg2980 commented Jan 10, 2022

Thanks for the tips @sivachandran, I am afraid my python knowledge is not enough to be able to make those changes, and I am also surprised that I haven´t been able to find this TCP/IP duplication script already done anywhere, I think it would be really useful to be able to process data in different servers. In my case I am trying to receive data from a gps tracker and use it in two different servers, but I guess I will have to keep looking

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@heisenberg2980 Reach out me through D-4rjuxsv@maildrop.cc if you need further assistance.

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Thanks for the tips @sivachandran, I am afraid my python knowledge is not enough to be able to make those changes, and I am also surprised that I haven´t been able to find this TCP/IP duplication script already done anywhere, I think it would be really useful to be able to process data in different servers. In my case I am trying to receive data from a gps tracker and use it in two different servers, but I guess I will have to keep looking

You could parse the gps data and put it in a queue like redis pub/sub or mqtt in a format like json then let the two server listen to the queue

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