SABnzbd Forums

Hi,

I'm already using SSL for connection to my Usenet providers (Astra + tweaknews.nl) but I would like to add a level of anonymity to that. I'm currently testing PrivateInternetAccess.com (PIA) VPN providers.

While I can use the VPN and Sabnzbd, my other Web Services (Plex), and online banking doesn't play well with a VPN connection. I want to only route my Usenet traffic thru the PIA VPN. They provide a SOCKS5 proxy. I can't seem to find any place in Sabnzbd to connect thru a SOCKS5 proxy...

That would be the best setup because : SSL Encryption End-to-End + Proxy to mask the IP i'm connecting from to the Usenet providers.

Any possibility to have SOCKS5 support

I'm on a Mac (10.8.4).

Thanks !

A few years ago, code has been posted in this forum to SOCKify SABnzbd. It worked for me.

Furthermore, an easier way is to use a loooong SSH as SOCKS proxy. Works if you have a SSH-account somewhere remotely.

Don't have ssh from the provider, only socks5.

Why it can't be only added directly to sabnzb like in some other software where you just type the proxy address, port, user/pass and that's it? It would be really easier

Just like any other question "Why isn't feature XYZ in SABnzbd": it has to do with demand, and supply by the SAB developer(s). And if it really itches, you could consider to (let it) implement it yourself; SAB is open source.

However:
If you only want to route your usenet traffic over your VPN, you can take care of that within your OS routing table, based on the newsserver IP address. On OSX, maybe "ip route show" will show your current routes.

HTH