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2015

Global SOCKS5 Proxy with Redsocks + iptables on Linux

Original post: https://groups.google.com/g/go-gost/c/c7QCorgZiLU.

I previously wrote a similar document, but it was more complex because it included VPN configuration. Here is the simplified version.

Applications on Linux typically require manual proxy configuration within each app, and some apps don't support proxies at all. With redsocks + iptables, you can achieve VPN-like functionality by redirecting all TCP traffic through a SOCKS5 (or HTTPS) proxy.

The Origin of GOST and Its Use Cases

Original post: https://groups.google.com/g/go-gost/c/Cnh_4aeRVcg.

The idea for gost came about in 2013, which was also my first year at the current company. Upon joining, I found that the company's network restrictions were extreme: the only way to access the internet was through the corporate proxy, and without applying for higher privileges, you could only visit Baidu search — all other websites were blocked. Since our team was working on mobile internet, daily development and research were quite inconvenient.