A fast tunnel proxy that help you get through firewalls
Project description
A fast tunnel proxy that helps you bypass firewalls.
Install
You’ll have a client on your local side, and setup a server on a remote server.
Client
Server
Debian / Ubuntu:
apt-get install python-pip pip install shadowsocks
Or simply apt-get install shadowsocks if you have Debian sid in your source list.
CentOS:
yum install python-setuptools easy_install pip pip install shadowsocks
Windows:
Download OpenSSL for Windows and install. Then install shadowsocks via easy_install and pip as Linux. If you don’t know how to use them, you can directly download the package, and use python shadowsocks/server.py instead of ssserver command below.
Configuration
On your server create a config file /etc/shadowsocks.json. Example:
{ "server":"my_server_ip", "server_port":8388, "local_address": "127.0.0.1", "local_port":1080, "password":"mypassword", "timeout":300, "method":"aes-256-cfb", "fast_open": false }
Explanation of the fields:
Name |
Explanation |
---|---|
server |
the address your server listens |
server_port |
server port |
local_address |
the address your local listens |
local_port |
local port |
password |
password used for encryption |
timeout |
in seconds |
method |
default: “aes-256-cfb”, see Encryption |
fast_open |
use TCP_FASTOPEN, true / false |
workers |
number of workers, available on Unix/Linux |
On your server:
To run in the foreground:
ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.json
To run in the background:
ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.json -d start ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.json -d stop
On your client machine, use the same configuration as your server. Check the README of your client for more information.
Command Line Options
Check the options via -h.You can use args to override settings from config.json.
sslocal -s server_name -p server_port -l local_port -k password -m bf-cfb ssserver -p server_port -k password -m bf-cfb --workers 2 ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks/config.json -d start --pid-file=/tmp/shadowsocks.pid ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks/config.json -d stop --pid-file=/tmp/shadowsocks.pid
Documentation
You can find all the documentation in the wiki: https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks/wiki
License
MIT
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