In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing socks5-proxy-server on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we begin, you need to have the following:
To install socks5-proxy-server, we need to install some dependencies first. Open the terminal and run the following command as root:
pkg install cmake boost
This will install the required dependencies for socks5-proxy-server.
Now, we need to clone the socks5-proxy-server repository from Github.
git clone https://github.com/nskondratev/socks5-proxy-server.git
Once the repository is cloned, navigate to the socks5-proxy-server directory.
cd socks5-proxy-server
To build and install the socks5-proxy-server, run the following commands:
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make
make install
The above commands will build and install socks5-proxy-server on your system.
After installing the socks5-proxy-server, we need to configure it correctly. Open the socks5.conf configuration file with a text editor.
nano /usr/local/etc/socks5.conf
By default, the configuration file should look like this:
#socks5 server configuration file
client_authenticate=false
ip=0.0.0.0
port=1080
You can modify the configuration according to your requirements. Save and close the file.
To start the socks5-proxy-server, run the following command:
socks5-server /usr/local/etc/socks5.conf
If there are no errors, the socks5-proxy-server will start on the specified port.
To test the socks5-proxy-server, you can use a Socks5 client application like curl. For example:
curl --socks5 localhost:1080 http://example.com
This should return the webpage content from example.com.
That's it! You have successfully installed socks5-proxy-server on FreeBSD Latest. You can now customize the configuration file and use it as a proxy server to hide your IP address while browsing the internet.
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