Deadpool: The Ultimate Socks5 Proxy Pool for Security Testing
In the dynamic and often challenging landscape of cybersecurity, particularly during offensive security operations or penetration testing, encountering IP bans is a common hurdle. To circumvent this, security professionals frequently require a reliable and efficient source of high-quality Socks5 proxies. Enter Deadpool, an open-source tool designed to provide a robust, self-managing Socks5 proxy pool, specifically tailored for security testing scenarios.
What is Deadpool?
Deadpool is a powerful Socks5 proxy pool tool that intelligently gathers, validates, and manages a collection of proxies for round-robin traffic forwarding. It addresses the critical need for a continuous supply of fresh, working proxies, enabling uninterrupted security assessments without the overhead of manual proxy management or the cost of premium proxy services.
Key Features and Capabilities:
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Diverse Proxy Sourcing:
- Network Space Mapping Platforms: Deadpool integrates seamlessly with popular network space mapping platforms like Hunter, Quake, and Fofa. By configuring API keys, it can automatically query these platforms to extract available Socks5 proxies based on user-defined search criteria (e.g.,
protocol=="socks5" && country="CN"). - Local Import: Users can also supply their own lists of Socks5 proxies by simply adding them to a
lastData.txtfile inIP:PORTformat.
- Network Space Mapping Platforms: Deadpool integrates seamlessly with popular network space mapping platforms like Hunter, Quake, and Fofa. By configuring API keys, it can automatically query these platforms to extract available Socks5 proxies based on user-defined search criteria (e.g.,
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Intelligent Proxy Management:
- Deduplication: The tool automatically identifies and removes duplicate proxy entries, ensuring an efficient and clean proxy pool.
- Liveness and Validity Checks: Before a proxy is added to the active pool, Deadpool performs rigorous liveness and validity checks. These checks can be customized using a
config.tomlfile, allowing users to define acheckURL, expectedcheckRspKeywords, and configure timeouts and concurrency limits to ensure proxies meet specific requirements (e.g., ability to reach a target domain, bypass certain WAFs). - Geographical Filtering: Advanced configuration options allow for filtering proxies based on their geographical location, either including specific regions or excluding others (e.g., excluding proxies from Macau, Hong Kong, or Taiwan, and only including those from mainland China).
- Persistent Storage: Validated proxies are stored in
lastData.txt, allowing the pool to be maintained and reused across sessions.
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Flexible Traffic Forwarding:
- Deadpool acts as a local Socks5 listener (default
127.0.0.1:10086), which can be configured with a username and password for enhanced security, especially when deployed on a VPS. - It intelligently distributes outgoing traffic among the available, validated proxies using a round-robin mechanism, effectively masking the origin IP and distributing load.
- Deadpool acts as a local Socks5 listener (default
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Automated Maintenance with Periodic Tasks:
- To ensure the proxy pool remains fresh and operational, Deadpool supports periodic tasks defined in
config.toml. These tasks can automatically re-check the liveness of existing proxies in memory or fetch new proxies from the configured network space mapping platforms at specified intervals (e.g., “every 5 hours,” “every Saturday at 6 AM”).
- To ensure the proxy pool remains fresh and operational, Deadpool supports periodic tasks defined in
Why Deadpool for Security Testing?
For red teams, penetration testers, and security researchers, Deadpool offers several critical advantages:
- Evading IP Bans: By continually cycling through a diverse set of proxies, the tool significantly reduces the risk of an attacker’s IP being blacklisted by target systems or security defenses.
- Cost-Effective Proxy Supply: Leveraging publicly available proxies from network space mapping platforms provides a virtually free and quantifiable source of proxy resources.
- Enhanced Anonymity: The round-robin forwarding mechanism adds a layer of anonymity to outgoing requests, making it harder to trace back to the original source.
- Customizable Validation: Testers can fine-tune proxy validation to match the specific requirements of their target environments, ensuring that only highly effective proxies are used.
- Integration with Existing Tools: Deadpool can be easily integrated with popular security testing tools like Burp Suite, Proxifier, and SwitchyOmega, or any other application that supports Socks5 proxy configurations.
Getting Started:
To quickly utilize Deadpool, users typically need to:
- Configure API Keys: Update the
config.tomlfile with API keys for desired network space mapping platforms (Fofa, Hunter, Quake). - Run the Application: Execute the Deadpool program, which will initiate proxy collection, validation, and start the local Socks5 listener.
- Configure Client Tools: Point your security testing tools to the local Deadpool Socks5 listener (e.g.,
127.0.0.1:10086).
For advanced users, the config.toml offers extensive customization for listener settings, periodic tasks, proxy validation rules (including Geo-location), and platform-specific query strings.
GitHub Actions for Automation:
Deadpool even supports automation via GitHub Actions. By importing the repository privately and setting up a workflow_dispatch or schedule workflow, lastData.txt can be automatically updated with fresh proxies at regular intervals, ensuring an always-on, self-renewing proxy supply.
Disclaimer:
It is crucial to emphasize that Deadpool is intended only for legal and authorized enterprise security activities. Users are responsible for ensuring their actions comply with local laws and regulations and that they have obtained proper authorization before using this tool.
In conclusion, Deadpool stands out as an indispensable utility for any security professional engaged in penetration testing or red team operations. Its ability to intelligently source, validate, and manage a dynamic pool of Socks5 proxies makes it a powerful asset in overcoming common operational challenges and maintaining the integrity of security assessments.