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I'm running a Debian Jessie server. I'm trying to setup a socks5 proxy server on such server:

Firefox (local computer) <> Debian (remote server) <> The Internet

I know how to configure proxy with Firefox, and how to configure firewall rules on the server. However my main concern is about to choose and configure a debian socks5-server related package.

  • I have looked at Dante-server. However, such package doesn't exists anymore on Debian Jessie. Moreover, I don't think it's a good idea to compile such software on production server.

  • I have looked at hpsockd but the configuration file seems a bit complex to fit my very simple setup. Additionally, the corresponding documentation is very difficult to find.

  • I also heard that OpenSSH-Server can act as socks5 proxy server. However configuration directive like "DynamicForward 0.0.0.0:1080" doesn't seems to be available both in the documentation and in the /etc/config/sshd_config file.

So, could someone give me a way to start?

Tutux
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Is hpsockd sufficient for your needs? Appears all the alternative SOCKS5 servers, like dante, survive only in unstable now, so maybe they developed bugs, exploits, etc.

Jeff Burdges
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