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php-httpproxy

HTTP(S) proxy implementation with PHP (PHP is no required) socket

How to works

You <-----> HTTP(S) proxy (Python) <-----> Web hosting (PHP) <-----> On the Web

HTTP(S) proxy over the web hosting!

How to use

1. Write a file with filename like .env(Linux) or settings.ini(Windows). Like this:

[settings]
PORT=5555
SERVER_URL=http://example.org
CA_KEY=ca.key
CA_CERT=ca.crt
CERT_KEY=cert.key
CERT_DIR=certs/
OPENSSL_BINPATH=openssl
CLIENT_ENCODING=utf-8

1.1. (Optional) Install ca.cert

sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates
sudo cp ca.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/php-httpproxy-ca.crt
sudo update-ca-certificates

2. Run python3 server.py and set HTTP(S) proxy in your web browser (e.g. Firefox)

3. Test 100MB/SSL, 1GB/SSL, 10GB/SSL download and check the speed (e.g. https://speed.hetzner.de/1GB.bin)

4. Enjoy it

5. (Optional) With Cloudflare, we can expect to accelerate the 4x speed and reduce the network stuck.

(Optional) For Mastodon users

1. In [php-httpproxy installed directory]/settings.ini or .env, set SERVER_URL variable to localhost in .env (e.g. SERVER_URL=localhost)
2. In [mastodon installed directory]/env.production, set http_proxy variable to http://localhost:5555 (e.g. http_proxy=http://localhost:5555)

References

• https://github.com/anapeksha/python-proxy-server
• https://github.com/inaz2/proxy2

Contact

• ActivityPub @gnh1201@catswords.social
• abuse@catswords.net