SVSOCKS - SOCKS5 server

svsocks is a lightweight and fast SOCKS5 server.

Table of Contents

1. Features
2. Installation
3. Usage
4. License

Features

• IPv4 & IPv6 dual-stack server
• Thread pool for accepting connections
• Non-blocking sockets with edge-triggered polling (epoll)
• CONNECT command
• Username/Password authentication
• IPv4, IPv6 and Domain Name address types
• Syslog logging

Installation

• Clone the repository from GitHub or GitLab:

git clone https://github.com/fksvs/svsocks
git clone https://gitlab.com/fksvs/svsocks

• change directory to svsocks:

cd svsocks/

• build the source:

make

Usage

usage: ./svsocks [options]

Options:

• -a, [listen address] : Set the listen address for incoming connections in IPv6 format.
• -p, [listen port] : Set the listen port for incoming connections.
• -n, [number of threads]: Set the number of threads to be used in the thread pool.
• -u, [username] : Set username for username/password authentication.
• -s, [password] : Set password for username/password authentication.

Default values can be changed in the source code as defined by macros.

License

This project is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GPLv3 license. See LICENSE for details.