1- ProxyChains ver 4.1 README
1+ ProxyChains ver 4.3 README
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44 ProxyChains is a UNIX program, that hooks network-related libc functions
@@ -21,35 +21,44 @@ ProxyChains ver 4.1 README
2121 # needs a working C compiler, preferably gcc
2222 ./configure
2323 make
24- sudo make install
24+ [optional] sudo make install
25+
26+ if you dont install, you can use proxychains from the build directory
27+ like this: ./proxychains4 -f src/proxychains.conf telnet google.com 80
2528
2629Changelog:
2730----------
2831
29- Version 4.3 (not yet released) :
30- fixes programs that do dns-lookups in child processes (fork()ed),
32+ Version 4.3:
33+ - fixes programs that do dns-lookups in child processes (fork()ed),
3134 like irssi. to achieve this, support for compilation without pthreads
3235 was sacrified.
36+ - fixes thread safety for gethostent() calls.
37+ - improved DNS handling speed, since hostent db is cached.
3338
3439Version 4.2:
35- some bugfixes
36-
37- Version 4.1 adds support for mac os x (i386, x86_64, ppc)
38- all internal functions are threadsafe when compiled with -DTHREAD_SAFE
39- (default).
40-
41- Version (4.x) removes the dnsresolver script which required a dynamically
42- linked "dig" binary to be present with remote DNS lookup.
43- this speeds up any operation involving DNS, as the old script had to use TCP.
44- additionally it allows to use .onion urls when used with TOR.
45- also it removed the broken autoconf build system with a simple Makefile.
46- there's a ./configure script though for convenience.
47- it also adds support for a config file passed via command line switches/
48- environment variables.
49-
50- Version (3.x) introduces support for DNS resolving through proxy
51- it supports SOCKS4, SOCKS5 and HTTP CONNECT proxy servers.
52- Auth-types: socks - "user/pass" , http - "basic".
40+ - fixes compilation issues with ubuntu 12.04 toolchain
41+ - fixes segfault in rare codepath
42+
43+ Version 4.1
44+ - support for mac os x (all archs)
45+ - all internal functions are threadsafe when compiled with -DTHREAD_SAFE
46+ (default).
47+
48+ Version 4.0
49+ - replaced dnsresolver script (which required a dynamically linked "dig"
50+ binary to be present) with remote DNS lookup.
51+ this speeds up any operation involving DNS, as the old script had to use TCP.
52+ additionally it allows to use .onion urls when used with TOR.
53+ - removed broken autoconf build system with a simple Makefile.
54+ there's a ./configure script though for convenience.
55+ it also adds support for a config file passed via command line switches/
56+ environment variables.
57+
58+ Version 3.0
59+ - support for DNS resolving through proxy
60+ supports SOCKS4, SOCKS5 and HTTP CONNECT proxy servers.
61+ Auth-types: socks - "user/pass" , http - "basic".
5362
5463When to use it ?
55641) When the only way to get "outside" from your LAN is through proxy server.
@@ -58,7 +67,8 @@ When to use it ?
5867 like: your_host <--> proxy1 <--> proxy2 <--> target_host
59684) To "proxify" some program with no proxy support built-in (like telnet)
60695) Access intranet from outside via proxy.
61- 5) To use DNS behind proxy.
70+ 6) To use DNS behind proxy.
71+ 7) To access hidden tor onion services.
6272
6373Some cool features:
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