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SIMPLEPROXY(1) General Commands Manual SIMPLEPROXY(1)

NAME

simpleproxy - Simple tcp socket proxy

SYNOPSIS

simpleproxy [-7] [-v] [-V] [-d] [-i] [-u] -P <POP3 users file> -L [<local host>:]<local port> -R <remote host>:<remote port> [-S <proxy host>:<proxy port>]

DESCRIPTION

The simpleproxy program acts as a simple tcp proxy. It opens listening socket on local machine and forwards any connection to the remote host.

OPTIONS

simpleproxy accepts following options:
-V
Version information.
-v
Makes simpleproxy to write activity information to syslog or stderr.
-7
Makes simpleproxy to strip 8th bit.
-i
Use this flag when starting simpleproxy from INETD.
-d
By default simpleproxy does not detach itself from control terminal and writes all messages to stderr. This option will detach it from terminal and make it write messages to syslog.
-L [<local host>:]<local port>
Local host and port name or number to bind for listening. Host name is optional.
-R <remote host>:<remote port>
Remote host and port name or number
-P <POP3 users list>
If specified, simpleproxy will load list of users from the <filename> (one per line). After this it will be forwarding POP3 sessions only if client trying to authenificate as this user.
-S <proxy host>:<proxy port>
HTTPS proxy server host and port name or number.
-a <HTTPS Auth User>:<HTTPS Auth Password>
Authenticate to the HTTPS proxy server with the given userid and password. This option performs BASIC HTTP authentication as specified in RFC 2617. Used only in conjunction with -S.
-A <HTTP Auth User>:<HTTP Auth Password>
Requires HTTP proxy authentication. Client browser must supply username and password to use this proxy. This option performs BASIC HTTP authentication as specified in RFC 2617.
-u
URLs of visited pages are emitted on stdout. It is used for logging or for remote lecturing, if the output is redirected to a remote command that change a dynamic web page, it is possible to synchronize all the learner web browsers to the same page visited by the instructor. (see the "simple remote lecturing" project on sourceforge).
-t <trace file>
If specified, simpleproxy will dump all data that passes through connection to the specified file.

BUGS    

Only tcp ports are supported.

SEE ALSO

inetd(1M), services(4), http://www.crocodile.org/software.html

AUTHOR

Vadim Zaliva <lord@crocodile.org>, Vladimir Karpinsky <vlad@noir.crocodile.org> Vadim Tymchenko <verylong@noir.crocodile.org> Renzo Davoli <renzo at cs dot unibo dot it>

CONTRIBUTORS

Pavel Roskin <pavel_roskin@geocities.com>, Cedric Tefft <cedric@earthling.net> Christophe Bothamy <cbothamy@sourceforge.net> Ulf Harnhammar <metaur@telia.com>
Version 3.5