Socksify
What is it?
Socksify redirects any TCP connection initiated by a Ruby script through a SOCKS5 proxy. It serves as a small drop-in alternative to tsocks, except that it handles Ruby programs only and doesn't leak DNS queries.
How does it work?
Modifications to class TCPSocket
- prepends a new initialize method which:
- Calls super to establish a TCP connection to the SOCKS proxy
- Sends the proxying destination
- Checks for errors
Additionally, Socksify::resolve
can be used to resolve hostnames to IPv4 addresses via SOCKS. There is also socksify/http
enabling Net::HTTP to work via SOCKS.
Installation
$ gem install socksify
Usage
Redirect all TCP connections of a Ruby program
Run a Ruby script with redirected TCP through a local Tor anonymizer:
$ socksify_ruby localhost 9050 script.rb
Explicit SOCKS usage in a Ruby program
Set up SOCKS connections for a local Tor anonymizer, TCPSockets can be used as usual:
require 'socksify'
TCPSocket::socks_server = "127.0.0.1"
TCPSocket::socks_port = 9050
rubyforge_www = TCPSocket.new("rubyforge.org", 80)
# => #<TCPSocket:0x...>
Using block only:
require 'socksify'
require 'open-uri'
Socksify::proxy("127.0.0.1", 9050) {
open('http://rubyforge.org').read
# => #<String: rubyforge's html>
}
Please note: socksify is not thread-safe when used this way! socks_server
and socks_port
are stored in class @@
-variables, and applied to all threads and fibers of application.
Use Net::HTTP explicitly via SOCKS
Require the additional library socksify/http
and use the Net::HTTP.SOCKSProxy
method. It is similar to Net:HTTP.Proxy
from the Ruby standard library:
require 'socksify/http'
uri = URI.parse('http://rubyforge.org/')
Net::HTTP.SOCKSProxy('127.0.0.1', 9050).start(uri.host, uri.port) do |http|
http.get(uri.path)
end
# => #<Net::HTTPOK 200 OK readbody=true>
Note that Net::HTTP.SOCKSProxy
never relies on TCPSocket::socks_server
/socks_port
. You should either set SOCKSProxy
arguments explicitly or use Net::HTTP
directly.
Resolve addresses via SOCKS
Socksify::resolve("spaceboyz.net")
# => "87.106.131.203"
Debugging
Colorful diagnostic messages can be enabled via:
Socksify::debug = true
Development
This repository can be checked out with:
$ git clone [email protected]:astro/socksify-ruby.git
Send patches via GitHub.
Further ideas
Resolv
replacement code, so that programs which resolve by themselves don't leak DNS queries- IPv6 address support
- UDP as soon as Tor supports it
- Perhaps using standard exceptions for better compatibility when acting as a drop-in?
Author
License
Socksify is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (see file COPYING
) or the Ruby License (see file LICENSE
) at your option.