Detecting whether a proxy is HTTP or SOCKS
Based on the long search in net I came to know that SOCKS uses a handshake protocol to inform the proxy software about the connection that the client is trying to make, and then acts as transparently as possible, whereas an HTTP proxy may interpret and rewrite headers. And we can use both as well.
What I want to know is, how can we find if the proxy is HTTP, SOCKS4, SOCKS4a or SOCKS5? Is there any way to find out? And I can guess that we can't differ it based on port number because there are lot of port numbers available for each of the types. Please help me to differ the proxy based on HTTP or SOCKS.
proxy c# socks-proxy http-proxy
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Based on the long search in net I came to know that SOCKS uses a handshake protocol to inform the proxy software about the connection that the client is trying to make, and then acts as transparently as possible, whereas an HTTP proxy may interpret and rewrite headers. And we can use both as well.
What I want to know is, how can we find if the proxy is HTTP, SOCKS4, SOCKS4a or SOCKS5? Is there any way to find out? And I can guess that we can't differ it based on port number because there are lot of port numbers available for each of the types. Please help me to differ the proxy based on HTTP or SOCKS.
proxy c# socks-proxy http-proxy
edited Aug 19 '13 at 11:31
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Based on the long search in net I came to know that SOCKS uses a handshake protocol to inform the proxy software about the connection that the client is trying to make, and then acts as transparently as possible, whereas an HTTP proxy may interpret and rewrite headers. And we can use both as well.
What I want to know is, how can we find if the proxy is HTTP, SOCKS4, SOCKS4a or SOCKS5? Is there any way to find out? And I can guess that we can't differ it based on port number because there are lot of port numbers available for each of the types. Please help me to differ the proxy based on HTTP or SOCKS.
proxy c# socks-proxy http-proxy
edited Aug 19 '13 at 11:31
Jawa
3,15982435
asked Aug 19 '13 at 10:57
yasmuruyasmuru
10113
Based on the long search in net I came to know that SOCKS uses a handshake protocol to inform the proxy software about the connection that the client is trying to make, and then acts as transparently as possible, whereas an HTTP proxy may interpret and rewrite headers. And we can use both as well.
What I want to know is, how can we find if the proxy is HTTP, SOCKS4, SOCKS4a or SOCKS5? Is there any way to find out? And I can guess that we can't differ it based on port number because there are lot of port numbers available for each of the types. Please help me to differ the proxy based on HTTP or SOCKS.
proxy c# socks-proxy http-proxy
proxy c# socks-proxy http-proxy
edited Aug 19 '13 at 11:31
Jawa
3,15982435
asked Aug 19 '13 at 10:57
yasmuruyasmuru
10113
edited Aug 19 '13 at 11:31
Jawa
3,15982435
asked Aug 19 '13 at 10:57
yasmuruyasmuru
10113
edited Aug 19 '13 at 11:31
Jawa
3,15982435
edited Aug 19 '13 at 11:31
Jawa
3,15982435
edited Aug 19 '13 at 11:31
Jawa
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asked Aug 19 '13 at 10:57
yasmuruyasmuru
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asked Aug 19 '13 at 10:57
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asked Aug 19 '13 at 10:57
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Try this little python script:
$ cat get_version.py
#!/usr/bin/python
import struct
import socket
import sys
try:
server = sys.argv[1]
port = sys.argv[2]
except:
print "Usage: server port"
try:
sen = struct.pack('BBB', 0x05, 0x01, 0x00)
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect(( server , int( port ) ))
s.sendall(sen)
data = s.recv(2)
s.close()
version, auth = struct.unpack('BB', data)
print 'server : port is ', server, ':', port, '; varsion: ', version
except Exception as e:
print e
answered Aug 31 '13 at 22:38
innocent-worldinnocent-world
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You could try using the tool 'nmap' to attempt to detect the version of the service on that port.
For instance:
nmap -sV -p{port} {server}
In the below sample, you can see that it's a HTTP (versus SOCKS) proxy:
my-desktop ~ # nmap -sV -p8080 192.168.3.40
Starting Nmap 6.40 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2016-02-23 10:46 CST
Nmap scan report for 192.168.3.40
Host is up (0.00036s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
8080/tcp open http-proxy Squid http proxy 3.3.8
Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at http://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 7.45 seconds
https://nmap.org/book/man-version-detection.html
answered Feb 23 '16 at 17:04
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Try this little python script:
$ cat get_version.py
#!/usr/bin/python
import struct
import socket
import sys
try:
server = sys.argv[1]
port = sys.argv[2]
except:
print "Usage: server port"
try:
sen = struct.pack('BBB', 0x05, 0x01, 0x00)
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect(( server , int( port ) ))
s.sendall(sen)
data = s.recv(2)
s.close()
version, auth = struct.unpack('BB', data)
print 'server : port is ', server, ':', port, '; varsion: ', version
except Exception as e:
print e
answered Aug 31 '13 at 22:38
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Try this little python script:
$ cat get_version.py
#!/usr/bin/python
import struct
import socket
import sys
try:
server = sys.argv[1]
port = sys.argv[2]
except:
print "Usage: server port"
try:
sen = struct.pack('BBB', 0x05, 0x01, 0x00)
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect(( server , int( port ) ))
s.sendall(sen)
data = s.recv(2)
s.close()
version, auth = struct.unpack('BB', data)
print 'server : port is ', server, ':', port, '; varsion: ', version
except Exception as e:
print e
answered Aug 31 '13 at 22:38
innocent-worldinnocent-world
1412
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Try this little python script:
$ cat get_version.py
#!/usr/bin/python
import struct
import socket
import sys
try:
server = sys.argv[1]
port = sys.argv[2]
except:
print "Usage: server port"
try:
sen = struct.pack('BBB', 0x05, 0x01, 0x00)
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect(( server , int( port ) ))
s.sendall(sen)
data = s.recv(2)
s.close()
version, auth = struct.unpack('BB', data)
print 'server : port is ', server, ':', port, '; varsion: ', version
except Exception as e:
print e
answered Aug 31 '13 at 22:38
innocent-worldinnocent-world
1412
Try this little python script:
$ cat get_version.py
#!/usr/bin/python
import struct
import socket
import sys
try:
server = sys.argv[1]
port = sys.argv[2]
except:
print "Usage: server port"
try:
sen = struct.pack('BBB', 0x05, 0x01, 0x00)
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect(( server , int( port ) ))
s.sendall(sen)
data = s.recv(2)
s.close()
version, auth = struct.unpack('BB', data)
print 'server : port is ', server, ':', port, '; varsion: ', version
except Exception as e:
print e
answered Aug 31 '13 at 22:38
innocent-worldinnocent-world
1412
answered Aug 31 '13 at 22:38
innocent-worldinnocent-world
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answered Aug 31 '13 at 22:38
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answered Aug 31 '13 at 22:38
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You could try using the tool 'nmap' to attempt to detect the version of the service on that port.
For instance:
nmap -sV -p{port} {server}
In the below sample, you can see that it's a HTTP (versus SOCKS) proxy:
my-desktop ~ # nmap -sV -p8080 192.168.3.40
Starting Nmap 6.40 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2016-02-23 10:46 CST
Nmap scan report for 192.168.3.40
Host is up (0.00036s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
8080/tcp open http-proxy Squid http proxy 3.3.8
Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at http://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 7.45 seconds
https://nmap.org/book/man-version-detection.html
answered Feb 23 '16 at 17:04
maniacmaniac
761
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You could try using the tool 'nmap' to attempt to detect the version of the service on that port.
For instance:
nmap -sV -p{port} {server}
In the below sample, you can see that it's a HTTP (versus SOCKS) proxy:
my-desktop ~ # nmap -sV -p8080 192.168.3.40
Starting Nmap 6.40 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2016-02-23 10:46 CST
Nmap scan report for 192.168.3.40
Host is up (0.00036s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
8080/tcp open http-proxy Squid http proxy 3.3.8
Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at http://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 7.45 seconds
https://nmap.org/book/man-version-detection.html
answered Feb 23 '16 at 17:04
maniacmaniac
761
add a comment |
You could try using the tool 'nmap' to attempt to detect the version of the service on that port.
For instance:
nmap -sV -p{port} {server}
In the below sample, you can see that it's a HTTP (versus SOCKS) proxy:
my-desktop ~ # nmap -sV -p8080 192.168.3.40
Starting Nmap 6.40 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2016-02-23 10:46 CST
Nmap scan report for 192.168.3.40
Host is up (0.00036s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
8080/tcp open http-proxy Squid http proxy 3.3.8
Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at http://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 7.45 seconds
https://nmap.org/book/man-version-detection.html
answered Feb 23 '16 at 17:04
maniacmaniac
761
You could try using the tool 'nmap' to attempt to detect the version of the service on that port.
For instance:
nmap -sV -p{port} {server}
In the below sample, you can see that it's a HTTP (versus SOCKS) proxy:
my-desktop ~ # nmap -sV -p8080 192.168.3.40
Starting Nmap 6.40 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2016-02-23 10:46 CST
Nmap scan report for 192.168.3.40
Host is up (0.00036s latency).
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
8080/tcp open http-proxy Squid http proxy 3.3.8
Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at http://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 7.45 seconds
https://nmap.org/book/man-version-detection.html
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