NAME

       ProxyChains - redirect connections through proxy servers

SYNTAX

       proxychains <program>

DESCRIPTION

       This  program  forces  any  tcp  connection made by any given tcp client to follow through
       proxy (or proxy chain). It is a kind of proxifier.

       It acts like sockscap / premeo / eborder driver (intercepts TCP calls).

       This version (2.0) supports SOCKS4, SOCKS5 and HTTP CONNECT  proxy  servers.   Auth-types:
       socks - "user/pass" , http - "basic".

       When to use it ?

       1) When the only way to get "outside" from your LAN is through proxy server.

       2)  When  you  are  behind restrictive firewall which filters outgoing connections to some
       ports.

       3) When you want to use two (or more) proxies in chain:
       like: your_host <--> proxy1 <--> proxy2 <--> target_host

       4) When you want to "proxify" some programs with no proxy support built-in (like telnet).

       5) When you don't want to pay for eBorder / premeo socks driver :)

       Some cool features:
       * This program can mix different proxy types in the same chain

       like: your_host <-->socks5 <--> http <--> socks4 <--> http <--> target_host

       * Different chaining options supported       like:   take  random  proxy  from  the  list.
            or :   chain proxies in exact order      or :   chain proxies in dynamic order (smart
       exclude dead proxies from chain)

       *You can use it with any TCP client application, even network scanners. yes, yes - you can
       make  portscan  via  proxy  (or  chained  proxies) for example with Nmap scanner by fyodor
       (www.insecure.org/nmap).

       proxychains nmap -sT -PO -p 80 -iR  (find some webservers through proxy)

       NOTE: to run suid/sgid programs(like ssh) through proxychains you have to be root

FILES

       proxychains looks for config file in following order:

        ./proxychains.conf

        $(HOME)/.proxychains/proxychains.conf

        /etc/proxychains.conf

       see more in /etc/proxychains.conf

EXAMPLES

       To run this program the standard way type:

       proxychains telnet targethost.com

       in this example it  will  run  telnet  through  proxy(or  chained  proxies)  specified  by
       proxychains.conf

COPYING

       proxychains is distributed under the GNU General Public License.  (GPL 2.0 or greater).

AUTHORS

       Net Creature, Proxy Labs
       <http://proxychains.sourceforge.net>

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