Proxychain error

[pearl glade]

Im trying to set up proxychains in my kali linux vm and when i try to run it through a dynamic chain, it either says sockett error or timeout and i've tried putting so many different proxy servers put it still doesnt work

[modest swallow]

what does your config file say?

[pearl glade]

like when i do sudo nano?

[modest swallow]

yes. the conf file

[pearl glade]

its just the typical. when i do sudo nano /etc/proxychains.conf it has the options to hash the dynamic chain or the strict chain etc. and below it s the same as other examples you would see i just put in some free proxy servers i searched up

[modest swallow]

if you're encountering a socket error the destination proxy might not be reachable or your connection is simply timing out. you could try increasing the timeout duration by changing strict_chain from yes to no

even if you have a waf set up

it could deny outgoing connections like this

[pearl glade]

so do i run it through strict_chain? Im not sure what im supposed to do

[modest swallow]

toggle the strict_chain option from yes to no and turn off your waf if you've set it up. you could check if the proxy is responding or not first by checking it through online tools. google them out

if the proxies are live, take those and edit the conf with them

then try running a command

[pearl glade]

ohhh ok

[gray bloom]

pretty sure it's proxychains4.conf

[pearl glade]

For me it’s proxychains.conf cuz that’s on top when I type locate proxychains

[modest swallow]

did it work

[pearl glade]

nope it still has the same issue

[modest swallow]

did you check if the proxies are live

[pearl glade]

ywah it said that they were live

[modest swallow]

strange. but you could use torsocks as an alternative if you really want your requests to route from a proxy. it's super easy just type sudo apt install torsocks and you would be done

if you want to relay your requests from terminal, you could use torsocks before the command

torsocks curl ~