Re: [privoxy-users] using privoxy with socat

[Fabian K. <fk...@fa...>]

auto15963931 <aut...@hu...> wrote:

> Fabian Keil:
> > auto15963931 <aut...@hu...> wrote:
> > 
> >> Fabian Keil:
> >>> auto15963931 <aut...@hu...> wrote:

> >>                       Since privoxy is an http proxy and it is now
> >> listening on port 8080, socat should then transmit the http data to it
> >> on port 8080, which is its default setting for an http proxy, then
> >> privoxy would transmit the data to the socks proxy for tor and from
> >> there on to the remote server. But this does not work. When I run the
> >> program, it connects directly to the remote server instead of through
> >> socat. This is my problem.
> > 
> > So you need an intercepting proxy?
> 
> Maybe so, yes.
> > 
> > Privoxy has an option to accept intercepted HTTP requests:
> > http://config.privoxy.org/user-manual/config.html#ACCEPT-INTERCEPTED-REQUESTS
> 
> Okay, I looked at this entry in the manual, and it may prove useful.
> But, first, as you also noted, I need to intercept the http request,
> somehow.
> > 
> > The interception itself is the responsibility of the operating system's
> > packet filter (pf, ipfw, iptables, etc.) which may be a problem on some
> > operating systems.
> 
> So, the question is, how do I accomplish this in a 64-bit Win7 system?

No idea.

> Just to be as clear as possible, I only want to intercept the port 80
> http data created by one program, and I only need it to happen when I am
> actually running this program, which is not all that often. If you have
> any ideas about how this can be done using only the OS itself, that
> would be ideal and I would be delighted to hear them. Alternatively, if
> you know of a third-party program that would let me do this, with
> minimal amount of fuss, I would like to hear them as well.
> 
> Someone suggested to me that I consider using a proxy program called
> Squid. I looked at the program briefly already just to get an overview
> of it. It appears to be an excellent program capable of doing what I
> need, but my first impression of it was that it may be overkill, but I
> an not yet sure.

I'm reasonable sure that Squid doesn't intercept the packets itself
either.

> > 
> > Privoxy currently can't deal with intercepted HTTPS traffic
> > due to the lack of SSL-MITM support.
> 
> If I can get just HTTP traffic to work, I can make do sufficiently.
> > 
> > You could also look into torsocks. I never used it myself,
> > and by-design it only works for a certain subset of programs,
> > but it's probably worth checking out.
> 
> I will take a look at torsocks too. Thanks.

I suspect it might not work on Windows.

Fabian