cablewelo2ma
cablewelo2ma

Reputation: 159

make socat open port only on localhost interface

I use this line to open a connection to a server through a socks proxy:

socat -v TCP4-LISTEN:77,fork SOCKS4A:44.44.44.44:33.33.33.33:99,socksport=9898

it works great but I noticed it also opens the port 77 externally (like: 192.168.1.100:77). I would like it to only open it on 127.0.0.1:77.

PS. I do not want to have to configure firewall to block the port

Upvotes: 2

Views: 5059

Answers (1)

Bill
Bill

Reputation: 281

I think what you want is

socat -v TCP4-LISTEN:77,fork,bind=127.0.0.1 SOCKS4A:44.44.44.44:33.33.33.33:99,socksport=9898

Upvotes: 5

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