SOCKS5Engine is a lightweight and efficient SOCKS5 proxy server that is designed to provide secure and anonymous internet browsing. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing SOCKS5Engine on FreeBSD Latest operating system.
Before we proceed with the installation process, ensure that you have the following:
Before installing any software, it's essential to update your current system to avoid known vulnerabilities and ensure you have the latest package updates and security fixes. To update FreeBSD, run the following command:
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
Before installing the SOCKS5Engine, we need to install some dependencies. Run the following command to install the required packages:
sudo pkg install gcc git
Now we need to download the SOCKS5Engine source code from the GitHub repository. To do this, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/VeeSecurity/SOCKS5Engine.git
After downloading the SOCKS5Engine, we need to compile it. To compile and install the SOCKS5Engine, execute the following commands:
cd SOCKS5Engine
make && make install
If the compilation process finishes without any error, then the SOCKS5Engine is successfully installed on your FreeBSD system.
After the installation process, we need to configure the SOCKS5Engine. Open the configuration file /usr/local/etc/socks5engine.cfg in your favorite text editor.
sudo nano /usr/local/etc/socks5engine.cfg
In the configuration file, you need to specify the IP address that SOCKS5Engine will listen to, the port number, and the authentication settings if required. Here's an example configuration file:
listen_addr = 0.0.0.0
listen_port = 1080
auth_required = no
auth_username = socks5user
auth_password = socks5password
After making changes to the configuration file, save it and exit the text editor.
Finally, we need to start the SOCKS5Engine service. To start SOCKS5Engine, run the following command:
sudo /usr/local/bin/socks5engine -c /usr/local/etc/socks5engine.cfg
If you want to make SOCKS5Engine start every time your system boots, use the following command:
sudo sysrc "socks5engine_enable=YES"
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install and configure the SOCKS5Engine on FreeBSD latest. SOCKS5Engine is an efficient and lightweight SOCKS5 proxy server, ideal for secure and anonymous internet browsing.
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