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localtunnel vs redsocks

A side-by-side look at localtunnel and redsocks. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

localtunnel

localtunnel

Development

localtunnel is an open source command line tool that allows you to easily share a web server running on your local machine without configuring DNS or firewall rules. It does this by assigning you a unique publicly accessible url that will proxy all requests to your locally running web server.

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redsocks

redsocks

Network & Admin

Redsocks is an open source software that allows redirecting TCP connections through proxy servers like SOCKS or HTTPS. It works at low level of operating system kernel, so all TCP connections can go through proxies transparently without any configuration in applications.

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