A simple SOCKS proxy .
This is a very simple SOCKS5 proxy. It implements very simple authentication consisting of a single unencrypted password that grants access to your server's IP address (remembered for 7 days).
Why?
I created this to run on a server I have access to in the US. I can then access US-only sites such as Hulu and Pandora. I wanted something with basic authentication - a single password I can share with friends. I found that there was no existing solution to do this, so created this app.
Security
Authenticated IPs are stored in memory; there is no need for a database. Authentication is implemented by intercepting http requests and diverting them to a "login" page (there is no username though). This is because (much to my surprise) no browsers implement SOCKS5 authentication (as far as I know). You may be able to use SOCKS5 authentication through Chrome on OSX, since OSX itself seems to support it (maybe). But that is not very helpful; hence my approach.
It is currently not very secure at all. The password is sent and stored in plaintext. I'm ok with that though.
Compilation
Very simple. Either use qmake, or something like
g++ *.cpp -lpthread -std=c++0x -o OddSocks
Usage
./OddSocks -port 1234 -password ubriaco
Note that everyone else on the same machine will be able to see the password like this. I think there are ways around it, but the best way would be for me to finish support for the
-config option!
