Comparison of socksifiers
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A socksifier is a software program which can "SOCKS-ify"[1] - make other programs pass through a proxy server by intercepting and modifying their network requests. This article compares a selection of popular socksifiers.
General[edit]
| Name | Developer | Status | Based on | License | Source available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante client | Inferno Nettverk A/S | Active | BSD | Yes | |
| Proxifier | Initex Software | Active | Proprietary (Shareware) | No | |
| ProxyCap | Proxy Labs | Active | Proprietary (Shareware) | No | |
| proxychains-ng | Active | proxychains | GPL | Yes | |
| SocksCap | NEC | N/A | Proprietary | No | |
| SocksCap64 | Taro labs | Active | Proprietary (Freeware) | No | |
| Super Socks5Cap | Networktunnel Lab | Active | Proprietary | No |
Platforms[edit]
The operating systems or virtual machines the socksifiers are designed to run on.
The list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common platforms today.
| Name | Mac OS X | Windows | Cygwin | BSD | Linux | Solaris | Windows Mobile | Android | iPhone, iPod Touch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante | N/A | No | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Proxifier | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| ProxyCap | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| proxychains-ng | N/A | No | N/A | Yes | Yes | N/A | No | No | No |
| SocksCap | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| SocksCap64 | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Super Socks5Cap | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Proxy protocols and methods[edit]
| Name | SOCKS4 | SOCKS4A | SOCKS5 | HTTP | SSH1 | SSH2 | Shadowsocks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONNECT | UDP ASSOCIATE | CONNECT | GET | TCP | UDP | |||||
| Dante | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Proxifier | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[note 1] | No | No | No | No |
| ProxyCap | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[note 1] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| proxychains-ng | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| SocksCap | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| SocksCap64 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Super Socks5cap | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[note 2] | Yes[note 2] | No | No |
References[edit]
- ↑ Zwicky, Elizabeth D.; Cooper, Simon; Chapman, D. Brent (2000). Building Internet Firewalls (2nd ed.). p. 235. ISBN 978-1-56592-871-8. Search this book on
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