proxychains
Route TCP connections through proxy servers
TLDR
Run command through proxy
$ proxychains [command]
Run curl through proxy$ proxychains curl [url]
Use specific config$ proxychains -f [config.conf] [command]
Quiet mode$ proxychains -q [command]
SYNOPSIS
proxychains [options] command [args]
DESCRIPTION
proxychains forces TCP connections through proxy servers (SOCKS4/5, HTTP). It hooks network calls using LD_PRELOAD to redirect traffic transparently.
Useful for anonymization and bypassing network restrictions.
PARAMETERS
-q
Quiet mode.-f file
Use specific config file.
EXAMPLES
$ # Run through proxy
proxychains curl http://example.com
# SSH through proxy
proxychains ssh user@host
# nmap through Tor
proxychains nmap -sT target
# Quiet mode
proxychains -q wget http://example.com/file
proxychains curl http://example.com
# SSH through proxy
proxychains ssh user@host
# nmap through Tor
proxychains nmap -sT target
# Quiet mode
proxychains -q wget http://example.com/file
CONFIGURATION
$ # /etc/proxychains.conf
strict_chain
proxy_dns
[ProxyList]
socks5 127.0.0.1 9050
http 192.168.1.1 8080
strict_chain
proxy_dns
[ProxyList]
socks5 127.0.0.1 9050
http 192.168.1.1 8080
CHAIN TYPES
$ strict_chain - All proxies in order
dynamic_chain - Skip dead proxies
random_chain - Random proxy order
round_robin - Cycle through proxies
dynamic_chain - Skip dead proxies
random_chain - Random proxy order
round_robin - Cycle through proxies
CAVEATS
Only TCP supported. UDP and ICMP not proxied. Some apps detect LD_PRELOAD.
HISTORY
proxychains was originally written by haad and later forked as proxychains-ng by rofl0r with improvements.