I’ve been looking for a webproxy that would work with big websites like YouTube. So far I’ve found only very outdated and abandoned ones. Is there any up-to-date and actually functional webproxy I could host?

  • linuxguy@piefed.ca
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    3 hours ago

    Ssh includes a built in socks proxy. What are you actually trying to accomplish?

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    What exactly do you mean by web proxy? Something site specific like Invidious? Or an HTTP or SOCKS5 proxy like danted?

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      4 hours ago

      Close to invidious but not specific to any particular site. A page that allows to open other pages through it, like a browser inside a web page except it’s only for opening a website and has no other browser functionality. Here’s a proprietary example: croxyproxy.com

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        Yeah what you want is a SOCKS5 proxy then just launch another browser with the proxy config.

        You can run a browser inside a docker or VM, and then use webvnc or something. I just don’t see the point.

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          These kinds of setups are used to bypass agressive network filtering and content censhorship. All the traffic is http(s). And then the way only a browser is needed means it works on locked down devices like chromebooks.

          The browser in docker is something I have used, but it requires more resources to host and can only be used by one person at once if you are using something like linuxserver’s webtop.

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            Then SOCKS is what you want. It can be used on a Chromebook as well.

            These proxying websites are running full browser instances in the background. It’s the only way to guarantee all the traffic is routed through it.

            I just had a look at croxy and there’s a TON of data that doesn’t get proxied.