Tinyproxy

https://tinyproxy.github.io/
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### Install Tinyproxy via Package Managers

Source: https://tinyproxy.github.io/

Commands to install Tinyproxy on various Linux and BSD distributions.

```shell
yum install tinyproxy
```

```shell
apt-get install tinyproxy
```

```shell
zypper in tinyproxy
```

```shell
pacman -S tinyproxy
```

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### Minimal Tinyproxy Configuration

Source: https://tinyproxy.github.io/

A basic configuration file example for setting up a local proxy on port 8888.

```text
Port 8888
Listen 127.0.0.1
Timeout 600
Allow 127.0.0.1
```

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### Run Tinyproxy from Command Line

Source: https://tinyproxy.github.io/

Command to start the Tinyproxy daemon in foreground mode using a specific configuration file.

```bash
tinyproxy -d -c tinyproxy.conf
```

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### Test Proxy with Curl

Source: https://tinyproxy.github.io/

Example command to verify proxy functionality by routing a request through the local Tinyproxy instance.

```bash
http_proxy=127.0.0.1:8888 curl example.com
```

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### Define Filter Rules

Source: https://tinyproxy.github.io/

Example content for a filter file using POSIX basic regular expressions to block specific domains.

```text
 # filter exactly cnn.com
 ^cnn\.com$
 
 # filter all subdomains of cnn.com, but not cnn.com itself
 .*\.cnn.com$
 
 # filter any domain that has cnn.com in it, like xcnn.comfy.org
 cnn\.com
 
 # filter any domain that ends in cnn.com
 cnn\.com$
 
 # filter any domain that starts with adserver
 ^adserver
```

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### Configure Basic Authentication

Source: https://tinyproxy.github.io/

Sets the username and password required for proxy access.

```text
BasicAuth user password
```

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### Configure Reverse Proxy Path

Source: https://tinyproxy.github.io/

Map a local path to a remote URL to enable reverse proxying functionality.

```text
ReversePath "/example/" "http://www.example.com/"
```

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### Clone Tinyproxy Source Repository

Source: https://tinyproxy.github.io/

Command to retrieve the latest source code using Git.

```shell
git clone https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.git
```

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### Configure Anonymous Proxy Headers

Source: https://tinyproxy.github.io/

Specify which HTTP headers are allowed through when anonymous proxying is enabled. If no headers are specified, all are allowed.

```text
Anonymous "Host"
Anonymous "Authorization"
Anonymous "Cookie"
```

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### Add Custom HTTP Headers

Source: https://tinyproxy.github.io/

Appends specific headers to outgoing HTTP requests. This does not apply to HTTPS traffic.

```text
AddHeader "X-My-Header" "Powered by Tinyproxy"
```
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