hzrd149 on Nostr: In the HTTP spec there is support for proxy requests using the CONNECT method It ...
In the HTTP spec there is support for proxy requests using the CONNECT method
It allows a client to ask the proxy server to open a connection to a remote machine and forward traffic
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Proxy_servers_and_tunneling#http_tunneling
Tor uses something very similar but its a more complicated proxy protocol called SOCKS5
Most apps, browsers and operating systems have support for routing all thier traffic through HTTP or SOCKS5 proxies
This is how tor integrates with so many apps, they aren't specifically integrating with tor. But instead they support routing their traffic through proxies
The local tor proxy ( localhost:9090 ) takes advantage of this and is setup to route all traffic through tor nodes for privacy.
But because its handing all the traffic its also able to let apps connect to .onion domains
When it detects that an app is trying to connect to an .onion domain, instead of routing the traffic out to the clearnet it can make a connection to another tor node
I'm suggesting building something similar for hyperdht
The hyper proxy would watch an apps traffic, then when it detected the app was trying to connect to a .hyper domain, it would make the connection to the remote hyper node and forward the traffic to it
If this worked it would allow users to use any web browser they like ( with a little configuration ) and connect to <connection string>.hyper domains
It allows a client to ask the proxy server to open a connection to a remote machine and forward traffic
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Proxy_servers_and_tunneling#http_tunneling
Tor uses something very similar but its a more complicated proxy protocol called SOCKS5
Most apps, browsers and operating systems have support for routing all thier traffic through HTTP or SOCKS5 proxies
This is how tor integrates with so many apps, they aren't specifically integrating with tor. But instead they support routing their traffic through proxies
The local tor proxy ( localhost:9090 ) takes advantage of this and is setup to route all traffic through tor nodes for privacy.
But because its handing all the traffic its also able to let apps connect to .onion domains
When it detects that an app is trying to connect to an .onion domain, instead of routing the traffic out to the clearnet it can make a connection to another tor node
I'm suggesting building something similar for hyperdht
The hyper proxy would watch an apps traffic, then when it detected the app was trying to connect to a .hyper domain, it would make the connection to the remote hyper node and forward the traffic to it
If this worked it would allow users to use any web browser they like ( with a little configuration ) and connect to <connection string>.hyper domains