/merino

:sheep: A SOCKS5 Proxy server written in Rust

Primary LanguageRustMIT LicenseMIT

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A SOCKS5 Proxy server written in Rust

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🎁 Features

  • Written in 100% Safe Rust
  • Multi-threaded connection handler
  • Lightweight (Less than 0.6% CPU usage while surfing the web/streaming YouTube)
  • Standalone binary (no system dependencies)
  • 1+ Gb/second connection speeds (On Gigabit LAN network over ethernet. Results may vary!)
  • Tunable logging (try export RUST_LOG=merino=DEBUG)
  • SOCKS5 Compatible Authentication methods:
    • NoAuth
    • Username & Password
    • GSSAPI Coming Soon!

📦 Installation & 🏃 Usage

Installation

cargo install merino

OR

git clone https://github.com/ajmwagar/merino
cd merino
cargo install --path .

Usage

# Start a SOCKS5 Proxy server listening on port 1080 without authentication
merino --no-auth

# Use username/password authentication and read users from users.csv
merino --users users.csv

# Display a help menu
merino --help

🚥 Roadmap

  • IPV6 Support
  • SOCKS5 Authentication Methods
    • NOAUTH
    • USERPASS
    • GSSAPI Coming Soon!
  • Custom plugin/middleware support
  • SOCKS5 Commands
    • CONNECT
    • BIND
    • ASSOCIATE
  • Benchmarks & Unit tests
  • Actix based backend
  • SOCKS4/SOCKS4a Support