NAME

Esocks

SYNOPSIS

 $ esocks

DESCRIPTION

Esocks is a proxy server or possibly VPN(close enough to VPN) that lets you bypass annoying network rules. Esocks depends on two libraries: Libevent and OpenSSL. The power of Libevent helps to create robust I/O architecture and the power of OpenSSL provides AES encryption.

NOTES

project status

It's pretty much a WIP.

BUILD

./autogen.sh && ./configure && make

DEPENDENCIES

• libevent(release-2.1.8-stable)
• OpenSSL(OpenSSL_1_1_0-stable)
• autotools(whatever version. I didn't pay attention to the version... newer is better.)

TODO

• Support socks authentications
• Write log file
• key and initial vector for EVP_CIPHER_CTX is hard-coded now, so let's come up with some idea not to do so.

What the heck is this?

I'm inspired by Tor project. You launch two servers on your local computer and a server somewhere safe. Two servers establish a safe tunnel and you can access stuff without being afraid of eavesdroppers.
The app uses libevent as backend. Thus, a server is supposed to run in single thread(think of apps written in nodejs). There will be no threads but event driven network application. I started this project for purely learning purposes.

See also

• http://blog.zorinaq.com/my-experience-with-the-great-firewall-of-china/

License

This project is released under the GPLv2.