Proxychains not working through TOR

DexterMorgan · 05-28-2017, 08:36 PM

I'm having problem getting proxychains to work,

proxychains.conf (original and untouched)

Quote:

# proxychains.conf VER 3.1
#
# HTTP, SOCKS4, SOCKS5 tunneling proxifier with DNS.
#

# The option below identifies how the ProxyList is treated.
# only one option should be uncommented at time,
# otherwise the last appearing option will be accepted
#
#dynamic_chain
#
# Dynamic - Each connection will be done via chained proxies
# all proxies chained in the order as they appear in the list
# at least one proxy must be online to play in chain
# (dead proxies are skipped)
# otherwise EINTR is returned to the app
#
strict_chain
#
# Strict - Each connection will be done via chained proxies
# all proxies chained in the order as they appear in the list
# all proxies must be online to play in chain
# otherwise EINTR is returned to the app
#
#random_chain
#
# Random - Each connection will be done via random proxy
# (or proxy chain, see chain_len) from the list.
# this option is good to test your IDS

# Make sense only if random_chain
#chain_len = 2

# Quiet mode (no output from library)
#quiet_mode

# Proxy DNS requests - no leak for DNS data
proxy_dns

# Some timeouts in milliseconds
tcp_read_time_out 15000
tcp_connect_time_out 8000

# ProxyList format
# type host port [user pass]
# (values separated by 'tab' or 'blank')
#
#
# Examples:
#
# socks5 192.168.67.78 1080 lamer secret
# http 192.168.89.3 8080 justu hidden
# socks4 192.168.1.49 1080
# http 192.168.39.93 8080
#
#
# proxy types: http, socks4, socks5
# ( auth types supported: "basic"-http "user/pass"-socks )
#
[ProxyList]
# add proxy here ...
# meanwile
# defaults set to "tor"
socks4 127.0.0.1 9050

any ideas?

John VV · 05-28-2017, 10:39 PM

without knowing what you have and have NOT done
nor how tor is set up

nor if this is a install to a hard drive or a VM
and so on ....

Please read "How_To_Ask_a_Question"
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...Ask_a_Question

DexterMorgan · 05-29-2017, 02:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John VV

without knowing what you have and have NOT done
nor how tor is set up

nor if this is a install to a hard drive or a VM
and so on ....

Please read "How_To_Ask_a_Question"
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...Ask_a_Question

It's a VM, but that doesn't matter does it?

Don't know what you mean by how Tor is set up, I just installed tor "sudo apt-get install tor" and then I was done. And it's a new installed dist of Linux Mint, I haven't changed anything.

NdFeB · 06-23-2017, 05:40 PM

Hello,

If you are on a VM, be sure that your NIC is set on "Bridge mode".

Be sure you started tor. Check if it is listening on port 9050 or 9051.

Code:

service tor status
netstat -tanp | grep tor

Last line of file /etc/proxychains.conf should be

Code:

socks5 127.0.0.1 9050

If you are really concerned about anonymity, you should read some things about SOCKS 5 and SOCKS 4a (and not SOCKS 4)
Regards.

neo256 · 07-24-2017, 03:19 AM

If you disable 'strict_chain' and enable 'dynamic_chain' it should work.

Plus: i guess entering Tor with proxychains without extra proxies doesn't add any proxychains related value. Just guessing as i am relatively new to all this matter but that is what i have understood from it so far.