Sorry about the last Socksification thread ladies, I meant to just edit one of the posts but the whole thing got deleted.

The difference between HTTP and Socks proxies is that HTTP type proxies can only mask HTTP connections, while Socks can mask pretty much anything that connects to the internet in any way. So HTTP can do X, and Socks can do X, Y, and Z. HTTP just does browsers, Socks does browsers, programs, anything. Capisce?

The easiest way to make use of Socks in that capacity that I've found currently is a program called "Proxyfirewall", found here. Download it, install, load it up, and let's get started.


Alright, no setup necessary, let's rock n' roll. Click the Open Proxies tab, then "Add Proxies" and it'll bring you here:


Take your Socks list (which you should have handy from here and here) and slap it in. Once they're loaded, click "OK", then back in the main Open Proxies tab click "Check Proxies" and you'll get this:



Settings are fine, you're used to it from Charon, right? Adjust if you want to, otherwise just click "Run Proxy Check" and let it sort out all the ones it wants to use. Proxyfirewall uses its own checking system, so it'll likely spit out all your 4's and questionable 5's without asking. If you only intend to use your Socks lists for this purpose, it's not a horrible idea to just take your Leeched list and throw it directly into Proxyfirewall since you won't need to check it twice. You could also just check in Charon and then paste that list into Proxyfirewall and start using it right away. Just a matter of preference and experimentation.


Go to the "Rules" tab and add the program you intend to Socksify. Here I'm throwing in Firefox for easy browsing shenanigans. If you attempt to connect to the internet with any program while proxyfirewall is running, it will ask you if you want to Socksify it or not before letting it through (just like a regular firewall). So make sure to allow everything ahead of time and Socksify what you intend to put through a proxy.


Select "Single" from the dropdown menu and then navigate to "Open Proxy" and select any of the "Socks" proxies you just added. Then just finish editing the settings for that particular program's proxy rules and you're done.

The settings above are standard for when I'm doing something like posting torrents or making e-mails/profiles/random accounts. "Rotate Randomly" just means that the IP list won't go in order, it will select a random IP from the list every time it has to switch.


Of special note is the "Manual Toolbar" option, which allows you to quickly change the IP for any program Proxyfirewall is managing with a single click. Use it.



Voila! Every time Firefox opens while Proxyfirewall is open, Proxyfirewall will force it to go through the proxy it's set to. As mentioned earlier, this can be done for any program that connects to the internet, online games, anything. Just set Proxyfirewall on it and lock it down.

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awesome!

here's a US socks 5 list if anybody wants:

Code:

12.180.54.219:1080
167.206.204.93:1080
168.114.24.140:1080
207.173.77.136:1080
24.130.144.47:42355
63.148.167.30:1080
63.243.95.163:1080
66.184.140.41:5577
67.151.147.66:1080
68.179.130.89:39345
68.34.171.43:46775
68.40.92.234:10777
69.114.228.5:57605
69.127.224.249:47055
69.76.80.76:6889
69.93.172.198:1080
70.126.45.2:41015
71.61.29.17:5267
71.62.26.143:40843
72.128.124.90:25129
72.48.211.43:3583
8.7.216.138:1080
66.163.36.35:1080
98.162.186.34:15997
98.202.224.149:41683

Thanks for putting together this nice simple guide for the newbs out there

Awesome Apekillape! This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for this super easy to understand guide. Hope they make this a sticky.

Does anyone have a suggestion for a vista compatible program? Proxyfirewall says it's not functional with vista...tried a search but only come up with lists...

thanks Ape, this is really useful and your other tut as i am want to setup a machine that just does proxies

Originally Posted by Lazyboy007

thanks Ape, this is really useful and your other tut as i am want to setup a machine that just does proxies

If you want to have a machine strictly hunting/leeching/checking proxies incessantly, look into Proxyfire (not to be confused with Proxyfirewall). It's kind of overwhelming to deal with until you're well established in the proxy lifestyle and all, but it has a lot of customization and automated features available.

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Originally Posted by apekillape

If you want to have a machine strictly hunting/leeching/checking proxies incessantly, look into Proxyfire (not to be confused with Proxyfirewall). It's kind of overwhelming to deal with until you're well established in the proxy lifestyle and all, but it has a lot of customization and automated features available.

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cool i will check it next week thanks

Thanx for the time and effort you have put in preparing this tutorial. You have a great style in explaining the steps in a very easy to follow way
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Newbie warning!! OK, so I followed the steps and I think I got everything right, I got a list of proxies, tested them with charon and export/imported to proxyfirewall...but when I go to access a webpage it doesn't work. I set up the rules to rotate open proxies and all, but when I go to any page it just says "IE cannot display this page", no matter what site I went to...any advice?

Originally Posted by gypsydogg

Newbie warning!! OK, so I followed the steps and I think I got everything right, I got a list of proxies, tested them with charon and export/imported to proxyfirewall...but when I go to access a webpage it doesn't work. I set up the rules to rotate open proxies and all, but when I go to any page it just says "IE cannot display this page", no matter what site I went to...any advice?

I'm having a similar problem. I do all of the above, my IE does open sites with the proxyfirewall rule set up for it, but when I check the ip via whatsmyipaddress.com it doesn't change. It's just my IP. Am I missing something? Isn't the IP supposed to change?

Originally Posted by pnewcomb

I'm having a similar problem. I do all of the above, my IE does open sites with the proxyfirewall rule set up for it, but when I check the ip via whatsmyipaddress.com it doesn't change. It's just my IP. Am I missing something? Isn't the IP supposed to change?

Nevermind. I figured it out. I am using vista & that was affecting the program somehow. I noticed that the firewall initialization was failing, so I fiddled around & tried running the program as an administrator. This seemed to fix the problem. Now the ip's are changing

thank you for this. It does work, but for some frikkin reason i can't register on thepiratebay wtf? im using a US sock 5 but it doesnt help.

Hey Apekiller,

If SOCKS proxies do much more than HTTP proxies, then why would I need HTTP proxies ..?

Originally Posted by loophole

Hey Apekiller,

If SOCKS proxies do much more than HTTP proxies, then why would I need HTTP proxies ..?

You tell me.

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Socks Rocks .

do them request min proxy ?
like some tool request proxy .you should use more than 10

tks

if socks is your preferred proxy, sockschain and sockscap work well for these.

It's all about quality proxies. If you try chaining with crap, high latency, public (aka busy) foreign proxies, you won't have results. Use private proxies when you are testing these methods to ensure it isn't the proxy that is causing you problems

I'm having a problem with Proxyfirewall. Everytime I tried to start it, my computer freezes and The only thing I can only do is restart it..

Are there any alternatives to Proxyfirewall?

Great software will try it out soon.

WOW. You opened my eyes up to a world that I didn't know existed. Thanks a bunch from a total newb.

Do I have to keep changing the socks? I mean do they ever become ineffective.

Originally Posted by mikey29

Do I have to keep changing the socks? I mean do they ever become ineffective.

Some stay up for weeks, some go down 10 minutes later. If you're only going to change your IP the one time or not for anything serious, might as well use a VPS or TOR respectively.

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Great post apekillape - thanks well earnt

Could anyone please explain to me how you can use proxies with something like a php script. For example i am learning cURL and trying to set up multiple accounts with websites how can i make my script use the socks proxy?

Any help would be greatly appreciated - love this forum

I've been pouring over this forum all day, since I've been avoiding it for so many months and need to learn. I'm making some progress.

I have a quick question about Firewall Proxy:
What might be preventing my ability to import Socks' into my open proxies list? A screenshot of the dialog after I've chosen the document from which to import a fresh list is attached, however when I click "OK", the list remains empty.

Does anyone have an idea as to what I have done wrong?

Many thanks!

Did you click "add to list"? I forget that a lot too.

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Originally Posted by apekillape

Did you click "add to list"? I forget that a lot too.

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Yes. A dialog appears with "Please enter a valid IP address".

Oh hell, it' s because they're unfiltered. Clear that @Socks off the end of all of them.

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Originally Posted by apekillape

Oh hell, it' s because they're unfiltered. Clear that @Socks off the end of all of them.

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Ah ok. I thought of that, but Charon was ok with it. Plus my head is a bit full after reading all of the information here.

Many thanks apekillape!

P.S. I had no idea how great this section of the forum is. Very thorough information and tutorials. Hell, even I might even get it eventually.

No prob. Some programs automatically ignore it, others can't deal with it at all. You're almost always better off just stripping it out before you do any checking or anything.

Proxyfire (not Proxyfirewall) is really good for that, even if you don't get into the umpteen other tools in it the filtering is handy as all get out.

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Great! And thanks again. I appreciate the quick replies to my questions.

I'm definitely special-ed material when it comes to this subject, but I'm making some actual progress with the information here.

Eh, it's just a matter of doing it a lot. I don't understand much of anything well, I just screw up enough to have had every problem ever already.

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Ok, I learned Charon and Proxy Firewall. Is there any reason that I would use Charon in addition to Proxy Firewall?

I'm pretty thrilled with PF, but then again I'm a newb with proxy stuff.

Thanks in advance.

List filtering, not only stripping the extra crap off the end but pre-removing planetlabs and other undesirable IPs before you bother starting the check.

I frankly know nothing about the Judging system on Proxyfirewall, just that it seems to work. So if you had more stringent judging needs or wanted to use a specific external judge you'd want Charon there too.

The sorting of Socks 4, 5 and 4/5 is much cleaner in Charon. You have to tell Proxyfirewall which you plan to import ahead of time, so it'll just throw out the rest.

I use Charon just to clean out duplicates and assemble lists too, just copying from the source and slapping them into the window is handy sometimes even if I'm going to later export them to a different tool for checking.

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Oh ok. That makes sense. Most of my 16 hour career at this has been somewhat apoplectic, and you've just identified what details I'm overlooking.

Thanks very much again.

Originally Posted by pnewcomb

Nevermind. I figured it out. I am using vista & that was affecting the program somehow. I noticed that the firewall initialization was failing, so I fiddled around & tried running the program as an administrator. This seemed to fix the problem. Now the ip's are changing

pnewcomb,

So you got this working in Vista? I'm running Vista SP1, 32-bit, in admin mode, with most of the Visat EAC and firewall stuff turned off (now watch me get hacked for admitting that).

I'm going to try Proxyfirewall, regardless of their warnings it doesn't work, and see if I can replicate your success. Will report back.

Hi apekillape,

I think I did everything right. I only download socks proxies and let the program do its thing, selected a proxy and checked on one those "what's my ip address". It was different than my original IP so I guess it working correctly. I just want to make sure (test) that my original IP is not tied to this fake IP address. How can I test to see if it's not a transparent, public proxy, or some lame proxy?

Thanks!

I messed around with this for several hours. Got my lists, checked in Charon, loaded ProxyFirewall. DAMN - they are all slow. I am just going to use some web proxies. I don't need super secure, just trying to create a bunch of twit accounts.

Hello! Thank you very much for this info. I was wondering why it takes so long now for the browser to load pages and to upload files. When I'm using my normal IP a video file will take only 10-15 min to upload to youtube, but when I'm using a proxy using Proxy Firewall it tells me upload will take 4 hours. I'm assuming I need to use a proxy address closer to my location, but it's wierd, when I select one that's near me, and I do a 'what's-my-ip' check, it says I'm in China or Denmark, always switching up.



UG! I found an IP right next door (about 30-50 miles) and it takes so long for my browser to load pages, way too long. Is this normal?
Thanks.

Originally Posted by nianain

I messed around with this for several hours. Got my lists, checked in Charon, loaded ProxyFirewall. DAMN - they are all slow. I am just going to use some web proxies. I don't need super secure, just trying to create a bunch of twit accounts.

I'm having the same problem with these being too slow, I'm wondering what you mean by, "I am just going to use some web proxies. I don't need super secure..."

I'm in the same boat.

I was able to initially import a list of proxy servers when I first used ProxyFire.

Now I am trying to do it again and the program isn't importing them. It is a plain text file with just the IP addresses listed in a column (same as I did before).

Click Open Proxies tab >> Add Proxies >> Import >> Choose txt file >> Proxies appear in list >> Click OK >> The new proxies don't show up in the Open Proxies tab.

I checked the ProxyFire site and searched the web for any ideas but didn't find any help.

Anyone else experience this and if so, how did you correct it?

Thank you!

BtoB

Wonderful thank you

How to add my list of proxies in manual rotate toolbar?

Thanks for sharing

Thanx Great Info