PROXYCHAINS

DESCRIPTION

Proxychains acts as a wrapper around any command-line program, allowing it to route its traffic through specified proxies (e.g., SOCKS, HTTP)

It is often used for general-purpose traffic redirection, privacy enhancement, and bypassing network restrictions.

USE CASES

  • Bypassing Geo-restrictions: Accessing content that may be restricted in certain geographic areas.

  • Security Testing: Penetration testers can use it to test the security of networks and applications while maintaining anonymity.

  • Web Scraping: When scraping data from websites, using proxies can help avoid IP bans.

INSTALLATION

sudo apt update
sudo apt install proxychains4
proxychains4 --version

CONFIGURATION

root@oco:~$ sudo nano /etc/proxychains4.conf

# ProxyList format
# type  host  port [user pass]
# defaults set to "tor"
socks5  127.0.0.1 9050
http    192.168.1.100 8080
https   xxx.xxx.x.xxx xxxx

TOR W/ PROXYCHAINS

sudo apt install tor
sudo systemctl start tor
 * Proxychains will route traffic through the Tor network

UTILITIES

  • Nmap

  • PowerShell Core (Linux)

  • Evil-WinRM

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