dumbproxy

Dumbiest HTTP proxy ever.

Features

• Cross-platform (Windows/Mac OS/Linux/Android (via shell)/*BSD)
• Deployment with a single self-contained binary
• Zero-configuration
• Supports CONNECT method and forwarding of HTTPS connections
• Supports Basic proxy authentication
• Supports TLS operation mode (HTTP(S) proxy over TLS)

Installation

Binary download

Pre-built binaries available on releases page.

From source

Alternatively, you may install dumbproxy from source. Run within source directory

go install

Docker

Docker image is available as well. Here is an example for running proxy as a background service:

docker run -d \
    --security-opt no-new-privileges \
    -p 8080:8080 \
    --restart unless-stopped \
    --name dumbproxy \
    yarmak/dumbproxy

Snap Store

sudo snap install dumbproxy

Usage

Just run program and it'll start accepting connections on port 8080 (default).

Example: run proxy on port 1234 with Basic authentication with username admin and password 123456:

dumbproxy -bind-address :1234 -auth 'static://?username=admin&password=123456'

Authentication

Authentication parameters are passed as URI via -auth parameter. Scheme of URI defines authentication metnod and query parameters define parameter values for authentication provider.

• none - no authentication. Example: none://. This is default.
• static - basic authentication for single login and password pair. Example: static://?username=admin&password=123456. Parameters:
  • username - login
  • password - password

Synopsis

$ ~/go/bin/dumbproxy -h
  -auth string
    	auth parameters (default "none://")
  -bind-address string
    	HTTP proxy listen address (default ":8080")
  -cert string
    	enable TLS and use certificate
  -key string
    	key for TLS certificate
  -timeout duration
    	timeout for network operations (default 10s)
  -verbosity int
    	logging verbosity (10 - debug, 20 - info, 30 - warning, 40 - error, 50 - critical) (default 20)