shadowsocks-libev(8) a lightweight and secure socks5 proxy

SYNOPSIS

ss-local|ss-redir|ss-server|ss-tunnel|ss-manager
    [-s server_host]     [-p server_port]
    [-l local_port]      [-k password]
    [-m encrypt_method]  [-f pid_file]
    [-t timeout]         [-c config_file]

DESCRIPTION

Shadowsocks-libev is a lightweight and secure socks5 proxy. It is a port of the original shadowsocks created by clowwindy. Shadowsocks-libev is written in pure C and takes advantage of libev to achieve both high performance and low resource consumption.

Shadowsocks-libev consists of five components. One is ss-server(1) that runs on a remote server to provide secured tunnel service. ss-local(1) and ss-redir(1) are clients on your local machines to proxy TCP traffic. ss-tunnel(1) is a tool for local port forwarding.

While ss-local(1) works as a standard socks5 proxy, ss-redir(1) works as a transparent proxy and requires netfilter's NAT module. For more information, check out the example section.

ss-manager(1) is a controller for multi-user management and traffic statistics, using UNIX domain socket to talk with ss-server(1). Also, it provides a UNIX domain socket or IP based API for other software. About the details of this API, please refer to the protocol section.

OPTIONS

-s server_host
Set the server's hostname or IP.
-p server_port
Set the server's port number.

Not available in manager mode.

-l local_port
Set the local port number.

Not available in server nor manager mode.

-k password
Set the password. The server and the client should use the same password.
-m encrypt_method
Set the cipher.

Shadowsocks-libev accepts 18 different ciphers: table, rc4, rc4-md5, aes-128-cfb, aes-192-cfb, aes-256-cfb, bf-cfb, camellia-128-cfb, camellia-192-cfb, camellia-256-cfb, cast5-cfb, des-cfb, idea-cfb, rc2-cfb, seed-cfb, salsa20, chacha20 and chacha20-ietf. The default cipher is table.

If built with PolarSSL or custom OpenSSL libraries, some of these ciphers may not work.

-a user_name
Run as a specific user.
-f pid_file
Start shadowsocks as a daemon with specific pid file.
-t timeout
Set the socket timeout in seconds. The default value is 60.
-c config_file
Use a configuration file.
-n number
Specify max number of open files.

Not available in manager mode.

Only available on Linux.

-i interface
Send traffic through specific network interface.

For example, there are three interfaces in your device, which is lo (127.0.0.1), eth0 (192.168.0.1) and eth1 (192.168.0.2). Meanwhile, you configure shadowsocks-libev to listen on 0.0.0.0:8388 and bind to eth1. That results the traffic go out through eth1, but not lo nor eth0. This option is useful to control traffic in multi-interface environment.

Not available in redir mode.

-b local_address
Specify local address to bind.

Not available in server nor manager mode.

-u
Enable UDP relay.

TPROXY is required in redir mode. You may need root permission.

-U
Enable UDP relay and disable TCP relay.

Not available in local mode.

-A
Enable onetime authentication.
-w
Enable white list mode (when ACL enabled).

Only available in server mode.

-L addr:port
Specify destination server address and port for local port forwarding.

Only available in tunnel mode.

-d addr
Setup name servers for internal DNS resolver (libudns). The default server is fetched from /etc/resolv.conf.

Only available in server and manager mode.

--fast-open
Enable TCP fast open.

Not available in redir nor tunnel mode, with Linux kernel > 3.7.0.

--acl acl_config
Enable ACL (Access Control List) and specify config file.

Not available in redir nor tunnel mode.

--manager-address path_to_unix_domain
Specify UNIX domain socket address.

Only available in server and manager mode.

--executable path_to_server_executable
Specify the executable path of ss-server.

Only available in manager mode.

-v
Enable verbose mode.
-h, --help
Print help message.

EXAMPLE

ss-redir requires netfilter's NAT function. Here is an example: 

    # Create new chain
    root@Wrt:~# iptables -t nat -N SHADOWSOCKS
    root@Wrt:~# iptables -t mangle -N SHADOWSOCKS
    # Ignore your shadowsocks server's addresses
    # It's very IMPORTANT, just be careful.
    root@Wrt:~# iptables -t nat -A SHADOWSOCKS -d 123.123.123.123 -j RETURN
    # Ignore LANs and any other addresses you'd like to bypass the proxy
    # See Wikipedia and RFC5735 for full list of reserved networks.
    # See ashi009/bestroutetb for a highly optimized CHN route list.
    root@Wrt:~# iptables -t nat -A SHADOWSOCKS -d 0.0.0.0/8 -j RETURN
    root@Wrt:~# iptables -t nat -A SHADOWSOCKS -d 10.0.0.0/8 -j RETURN
    root@Wrt:~# iptables -t nat -A SHADOWSOCKS -d 127.0.0.0/8 -j RETURN
    root@Wrt:~# iptables -t nat -A SHADOWSOCKS -d 169.254.0.0/16 -j RETURN
    root@Wrt:~# iptables -t nat -A SHADOWSOCKS -d 172.16.0.0/12 -j RETURN
    root@Wrt:~# iptables -t nat -A SHADOWSOCKS -d 192.168.0.0/16 -j RETURN
    root@Wrt:~# iptables -t nat -A SHADOWSOCKS -d 224.0.0.0/4 -j RETURN
    root@Wrt:~# iptables -t nat -A SHADOWSOCKS -d 240.0.0.0/4 -j RETURN
    # Anything else should be redirected to shadowsocks's local port
    root@Wrt:~# iptables -t nat -A SHADOWSOCKS -p tcp -j REDIRECT --to-ports 12345
    # Add any UDP rules
    root@Wrt:~# ip rule add fwmark 0x01/0x01 table 100
    root@Wrt:~# ip route add local 0.0.0.0/0 dev lo table 100
    root@Wrt:~# iptables -t mangle -A SHADOWSOCKS -p udp --dport 53 -j TPROXY --on-port 12345 --tproxy-mark 0x01/0x01
    # Apply the rules
    root@Wrt:~# iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -j SHADOWSOCKS
    root@Wrt:~# iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -j SHADOWSOCKS
    # Start the shadowsocks-redir
    root@Wrt:~# ss-redir -u -c /etc/config/shadowsocks.json -f /var/run/shadowsocks.pid

PROTOCOL

ss-manager(1) provides several APIs through UDP protocol:

Send UDP commands in the following format to the manager-address provided to ss-manager(1).


    command: [JSON data]

To add a port:


    add: {"server_port": 8001, "password":"7cd308cc059"}

To remove a port:


    remove: {"server_port": 8001}

To receive a pong:


    ping

Then ss-manager(1) will send back the traffic statistics:


    stat: {"8001":11370}

AUTHOR

shadowsocks was created by clowwindy <[email protected]> and shadowsocks-libev was maintained by Max Lv <[email protected]> and Linus Yang <[email protected]>.

This manual page was written by Max Lv <[email protected]>.

The manual pages were rearranged by hosiet <[email protected]>.

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