Setup NaiveProxy Server

NaiveProxy is an unique tool that can potentially escape the most strict censorship firewall. I thought I would give it a try.

Setup the server

This is actually the simple part.

• Follows this page to create a Caddyfile (See “Server setup”)
• Go to this page to download the binaries you need
• Follows this page to set up a systemctl service.

Set up client on Ubuntu

Client side is a little bit tricky and cumbersome to use.

• Go to this download page to download the right naive client
  • For x64 based PC, it should be something like naiveproxy-v120.0.6099.43-1-linux-x64.tar.xz
  • Extract “naive” binary
• Follow the readme page and create config.json file in the same directory
• Open Ubuntu Settings/Network/Network Proxy
• Choose “Manual”, and fill in “127.0.0.1:1080” for “Socks Host”, while leaving others empty (IMPORTANT!) See picture below.
• After that, download and start to use “start-naive” and “stop-naive” scripts to switch between using and not using proxy.
  • Note only browsers work with this scheme
  • And it seems only Chrome is working while Firefox is not working (bug?)

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