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Hot news: 3proxy 0.9.6 Released April, 11 2026.
0.9.6


+ ssl_client and multiple configuration options added to SSLPlugin, SSLPlugin code significantly improved and bugfixed. See https://github.com/3proxy/3proxy/wiki/SSLPlugin. 3proxy can now be used as stunnel replacement for many scenarios.
+ HAProxy proxy protocol v1 support as client and server, add -H option for service to expect HA proxy v1 protocol header, use ha parent type: parent 1000 ha 0.0.0.0 0 to send v1 header.
+ tlspr is supported in auto
+ tlspr supports -s option, it breaks HELLO packet to prevent some DPIs from detecting SNI
+ maxseg configuration option and TCP_MAXSEG socket flag support added. It sets maximum size of TCP segment to fix PathMTU discovery problems
+ -Ne / -Ni options added to specify external / internal NAT address for SOCKSv5
+ cmake environment added
! External pcre2 (pcre2-8) library is used for PCRE, pcre code is removed from 3proxy
! Multiple minor bugfixes%

0.9.5

!!Security fix: proxy can potentially crash on on some platforms due to overlapping regions in strcpy()
+ new proxy service type: tlspr - SNI proxy, may also be used as parent tls type, sniffs hostname from TLS handhake, read more
+ new proxy service type: auto - autodetect proxy type between proxy and socks
+ SSLPlugin is rewritten, production-ready, supports TLS (SSL) server (may be used to create https:// type proxy), certificates checks and cypher options, read more
+ -g option is added for grace delay to reduce CPU load, read more
! Multiple minor bugfixes
! More supported sockets options

0.9.4

! Fix: invalid handling of '-' character in ACL hostname
! Fix: minor bugfixes and improvements
+ parentretry command added (defaults to 2) to retry connections to parent proxies
- icqpr related code (OSCAR proxy) removed, due to drop of OSCAR support by messengers

0.9.3

Bugfixes:
Fixed: systemd description file (proxy may fail to start after reboot or via systemctl)
Fixed: group/account creation in installation scripts
Fixed: countall/nocounall do not work in some configurations
Fixed: counters do not work if counter file is not specified
Fixed: counters without rotation (type N) are incorrectly shown in web admin interface
Fixed: %n may be incomplete or missed in long log records
Fixed: connect back functionality does not work

Improvements:
+ Docker builds

0.9.2

Bugfixes:
Fixed: bandwidth limiters (once again)
Fixed: data filtering plugins (PCREPlugin, SSLPlugin). SSLPlugin use on Linux requires to disable splice (-s0)
FIxed: standalone proxies do not react on HUP (Ctrl+C) in Linux/Unix
Fixed: few minor bugs

Improvements:
+ deb for arm platforms (experimental)
+ Openssl 1.1 support for SSLPlugin

0.9.1 - bugfix release

Bugfixes:
Fixed: socket may be closed before all data received/sent
Fixed: bandlimin non-working
Fixed: countall/nocountall
Fixed: few race conditions

0.9 intoduces socket options including interface binding for Linux, connection limits and connection ratelimits, user session binding to IP, zero-copy mode for Linux, multiple IPv6 improvements, preliminary RADIUS support, ARM support for Windows. It's recommended to update to 0.9 branch from any older versions.

0.9 now is a stable branch, 10 is a development branch, security-related fixes will be backported to 0.8 branch.

Download: http://3proxy.ru/download/

3Proxy tiny free proxy server is really tiny cross-platform (Win32/Win64&Unix) freeware proxy servers set. It includes HTTP proxy with HTTPS and FTP support, SOCKSv4/SOCKSv4.5/SOCKSv5 proxy (socks/socks.exe), POP3 proxy, SMTP proxy, AIM/ICQ proxy (icqpr/icqpr.exe), MSN messenger / Live messenger proxy (msnpr/msnpr.exe), FTP proxy, caching DNS proxy, TCP and UDP portmappers.

You can use every proxy as a standalone program (socks, proxy, tcppm, udppm, pop3p) or use combined program (3proxy). Combined proxy additionally supports features like access control, bandwidth limiting, limiting daily/weekly/monthly traffic amount, proxy chaining, log rotation, syslog and ODBC logging, etc.

It's created to be small, simple and yet very functional.

It may be compiled with Visual C or gcc. Native Win32/Win64 versions included in archive and supports installation as a service. Currently 3proxy is tested to work under Windows since 98 (Windows before Vista reqires lite version) and up to latest version both i386 and x64, FreeBSD/i386/x64, NetBSD/i386/x64, OpenBSD/i386/x64, Linux/i386/x64/PPC/Alpha/arm, Mac OS X, Solaris/i386/x64.

3proxy is absolutely free (FreeWare) and open source. It can be used under terms of GNU/GPL. Starting from 0.6 version BSD-style license is used and any compatible license (Apache license, GPL, LGPL) may be used instead.

For licensing or commercial support questions please e-mail to [email protected]
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