a very basic proxy...

[inkedmn]

how hard would it be (in whatever language) to write a proxy server that has two sockets it listens on (two different ports, obviously), and all it does is this:

say the sockets are listening on 81 and 5190.

data arrives on port 81, i want to make it so EVERYTHING is just dumped to the other socket and sent (to a previously specified address).

basically, i want to be able to use AIM at work :)

so, am i pipe dreaming?

[jemfinch]

It's rather easy. There's an example in the asyncore tutorial at http://www.nightmare.com/medusa/

Jeremy

[inkedmn]

heh, kinda funny, i read that tutorial about 6 months ago and was LOST. now it makes total sense :)

[GnuVince]

inkedmn: played with asyn stuff yet? And my the way, when are you starting your new job?

[Seph]

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[inkedmn]

i finished that code like 6 months ago, i have it at home (i'll post it somewhere when i get home).

Seph: the program i wrote works for both

[Seph]

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[file13]

Originally posted by Seph
Could I use it? How would I actually access my computer as a proxy from another location?

you don't really need to program something to do that. i run squid on a remote server and ssh tunnel the proxy back to my work machine when i need encrypted surfing--i.e. when someone sends something not work friendly. though you don't need to do this to run a proxy server. just setup squid or your favorite proxy server and connect to it.

check out:

http://www.squid-cache.org/

then you can just shell to it something like so if you want it to be encrypted:

ssh -L 12345:site.com:3128 site.com

where the 12345 is the local port you're tunneling the proxy too and 3128 is the remote site where the proxy is running on. poor man's VPN.... :beatup: