async-http-client Support Socks4/5 Proxy

Can you add support socks proxy for netty provider? It was be wonderfull.

Apr 11 '14 16:04 Lekanich

Contribution welcome

Apr 11 '14 16:04 slandelle

Ok, I will make a new fork and write.

Apr 23 '14 14:04 Lekanich

What java version I must use for this? (JAVA 6, 7, 8?)

Apr 24 '14 11:04 Lekanich

If it's for 2.0, you can use 7. If for 1.8.x, use 6.

Apr 24 '14 13:04 jfarcand

What branch is 2.0?

Apr 25 '14 13:04 Lekanich

master

Jun 12 '14 11:06 slandelle

@slandelle Thanks

Jun 12 '14 18:06 Lekanich

@Lekanich Well, you're the one who deserves thanks. Referencing your Netty WIP: https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/2563

Jun 12 '14 18:06 slandelle

I am interesting in this too and will be keen on contributing.

What's the status of it and is there a wip branch where I can have a look at the current progress and help?

Jun 06 '15 11:06 bchazalet

Hi @bchazalet,

Honestly, I have no idea where SOCKS support in Netty is now. From @trustin's comment here, I'm not sure it has support for client side sockets yet. If you're interested in contributing, the best way would probably be to first get in touch with the Netty people and make the feature happen there. Then, we'll be able to wrap it in AHC.

Jun 06 '15 12:06 slandelle

thanks for the info @slandelle

Jun 06 '15 12:06 bchazalet

ah @bchazalet ... we need this too... as we use ssh tunneling with dynamic forward to local port

Aug 05 '15 19:08 jeffpeiyt

@bchazalet , after a year.... does netty support this now?

Aug 05 '15 19:08 jeffpeiyt

AFAIK, Netty 4 now has SOCKS support. But even if AHC 2 (currently in alpha) supports Netty 4, there's no integration for this codec. Honestly, the best way to make it happen is to contribute it.

Aug 05 '15 20:08 slandelle

@slandelle How would you implement this? Can you throw a couple of pointers on where to start? And what codec are you talking about?

Sorry for the naive questions, but I guess I have a lot of reading on both projects.

Aug 05 '15 21:08 bchazalet

@bchazalet A good starting point would be to look at the test case in Netty:

https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/4.1/handler-proxy/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/proxy/ProxyHandlerTest.java

It tests various cases, but they are essentially same.

Insert proxy handlers into the pipeline
Attempt to connect to a unresolved address if you want proxy-side DNS resolution
Use NoopNameResolverGroup as a resolver.