SOHT Socket over HTTP Tunneling
Introduction - Getting Started - Java Server - Java Client - .Net Client - Protocol Definition - License - Change Log
Introduction
Current Version: 0.6.x (Individual components versioned separately)
Welcome to the SOHT project. The goal of this project is to provide and easy to use tool that enables all types of socket communication through an HTTP Proxy server. This tool is useful for users who are behind a restrictive firewall and wish to access external servers that use protocols other than HTTP. Possible uses are:
- Web Browsing (Bypass logging, access restricted sites)
- POP3/SMTP/IMAP Email clients
- Telnet/SSH clients
This tool consists of two separate components. A server, which must be deployed on a Java Servlet container (A .NET server is also planned), and a client, which is run on the local machine and connects to the server via HTTP. There are Java and .NET versions of the client, so the client can be run on nearly any platform.
A SOCKS 4 and 5 Proxy Server has been integrated into the most recent version of the Java Client. This provides an very easy way to bypass any local web proxy restrictions and logging.
If you would like to be able to SSH from anywhere using just your web browser, you should check out my SSHWebProxy project. This project provides a pure html SSH client that can be used from any web browser without installing any client software. It is limited to SSH and is not as flexible as SOHT, but it may be a good solution if you just want occasional SSH access.
Getting Started
The documentation is broken down by component. You will need at least one client and one server.
Servers
Clients
If you want to get started quickly, you can just download the files using the links below. Each binary distribution contains a README file provides instructions on installing the component. The source distributions can be downloaded from the specific component's documentation page.