NAME

       connect-proxy — connect over SOCKS4/5 proxy

SYNOPSIS

       connect-proxy  [-dnhst45]   [-R resolve ]  [-p local-port ]  [-w secs ]  [-H [user@]proxy-
       server[:port]] ]   [-S  [user@]socks-server[:port]]  ]   [-T  proxy-server[:port]  ]   [-c
       telnet-proxy-command ]  [host]  [port]

DESCRIPTION

       connect-proxy open connection over SOCKS4/5 proxies

       Please,  note  that  any  HTTP-Proxy  tunnel  won't  work with content-inspection firewall
       (unless using SSL).

OPTIONS

       -H        specifies a hostname and port number of the http proxy server to relay. If  port
                 is  omitted,  80 is used. You can specify this value in the environment variable
                 HTTP_PROXY and pass the -h option to use it.

       -S        specifies the hostname and port number of the SOCKS server to relay.   Like  -H,
                 port  number  can  be omitted and the default is 1080. You can also specify this
                 value pair in the environment variable SOCKS5_SERVER and give the -s  option  to
                 use it.

       -4        specifies  SOCKS  relaying  and  indicates protocol version to use.  It is valid
                 only when used with '-s' or '-S'.  Default is '-5' (protocol version 5)

       -R        method to resolve the hostname. Three keywords ("local",  "remote",  "both")  or
                 dot-notation  IP  address  are acceptable.  The keyword "both" means, "Try local
                 first, then remote". If a dot-notation IP address is specified, use this host as
                 nameserver.  The default is "remote" for SOCKS5 or "local" for others. On SOCKS4
                 protocol, remote resolving method ("remote" and  "both")  requires  protocol  4a
                 supported server.

       -p        will forward a local TCP port instead of using the standard input and output.

       -P        same  to  '-p'  except keep remote session. The program repeats waiting the port
                 with holding  remote  session  without  disconnecting.  To  connect  the  remote
                 session, send EOF to stdin or kill the program.

       -w        timeout in seconds for making connection with TARGET host.

       -d        used  for  debug.  If  you  fail  to  connect, use this and check request to and
                 response from server.

USAGE

       To use proxy, this example is for SOCKS5 connection to connect to "host" at  port  25  via
       SOCKS5 server on "firewall" host.

       connect-proxy -S firewall host 25

       SOCKS5_SERVER=firewall; export SOCKS5_SERVER; connect-proxy -s host 25

       For a HTTP-PROXY connection:

       connect-proxy -H proxy-server:8080  host 25

       HTTP_PROXY=proxy-server:8080; export HTTP_PROXY; connect-proxy -h host 25

       To forward a local port, for example to use ssh:

       connect-proxy -p 5550 -H proxy-server:8080 host 22 ssh -l user

       To use it along ssh transparently:

       # file://~/.ssh/config
       # not using proxy on lan
       Host 192.*
       ProxyCommand connect-proxy %h %p
       # mandatory to access the internet
       Host *
       ProxyCommand connect-proxy -H proxyserver:8080  %h %p

       Or for all users ( /etc/ssh/ssh_config )

ENVIRONMENT

       SOCKS5_USER,   SOCKS5_PASSWORD,  HTTP_PROXY_USER,  HTTP_PROXY_PASSWORD,  CONNECT_PASSWORD,
       LOGNAME, USER

SEE ALSO

       ssh (1).

WWW

       http://www.meadowy.org/~gotoh/projects/connect

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Philippe Coval rzr@gna.org for the Debian system (but  may
       be used by others).  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
       under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later  version  published
       by the Free Software Foundation.

       On  Debian  systems,  the  complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in
       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

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