Proxies and custom sockets

SOCKS4/SOCKS5 proxy servers

To connect through SOCKET4, SOCKET4a or SOCKS5 proxy servers, set GraphClient.Proxy properties before calling the Connect() method. Use ProxyType property to specify the proxy type:

// create client instance
var client = new Rebex.Net.GraphClient();

// use SOCKS5 proxy
client.Proxy.ProxyType = ProxyType.Socks5;
client.Proxy.Host = proxyHost;
client.Proxy.Port = proxyPort;
client.Proxy.UserName = proxyUserName;

// connect to the server
client.Connect();

HTTP CONNECT proxy servers

To connect through a HTTP proxy server, set GraphClient.Proxy property before calling the Connect() method. Make sure the proxy server supports HTTP CONNECT method, and set the ProxyType property to HttpConnect:

// create client instance
var client = new Rebex.Net.GraphClient();

// use HTTP CONNECT proxy
client.Proxy.ProxyType = ProxyType.HttpConnect;
client.Proxy.Host = proxyHost;
client.Proxy.Port = proxyPort;
client.Proxy.UserName = proxyUserName;
client.Proxy.Password = proxyPassword;

// connect to the server
client.Connect();

Proxies with single sign-on

Some HTTP CONNECT proxies support NTLM authentication with single sign-on. To take advantage of this feature, set the AuthenticationMethod property to ProxyAuthentication.Ntlm.

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// create client instance
var client = new Rebex.Net.GraphClient();

// use HTTP CONNECT proxy
client.Proxy.ProxyType = ProxyType.HttpConnect;
client.Proxy.Host = proxyHost;
client.Proxy.Port = proxyPort;

// use single sign-on
client.Proxy.AuthenticationMethod = ProxyAuthentication.Ntlm;

// connect to the server
client.Connect();

SSH server as proxy

It's possible to tunnel Graph sessions through an SSH server, essentially using it as a proxy server. See SSH Tunneling for more information and sample code.

Custom transport layer - ISocket

Rebex libraries make it possible to implement a custom transport layer, giving you full control over the network communication. All you need to do is implement a custom ISocketFactory and ISocket interfaces and instruct the GraphClient object to use them.

// create client instance
var client = new Rebex.Net.GraphClient();

// initialize factory
SimpleSocketFactory factory = new SimpleSocketFactory();
factory.SocketConnecting += factory_SocketConnecting;

// use the factory
client.SetSocketFactory(factory);

// connect to the server
client.Connect();

Custom transport layer (ISocket/ISocketFactory) implementation

/// <summary>
/// Exposes SocketConnected event which is raised
/// when a socket successfully connects to a remote end.
/// </summary>
public class SimpleSocketFactory : ISocketFactory
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Occurs when a socket successfully connects to a remote end.
    /// </summary>
    public event EventHandler SocketConnecting;

    // creates custom ISocket implementation
    ISocket ISocketFactory.CreateSocket()
    {
        return new SimpleSocket(this);
    }

    // raises event
    private void OnSocketConnecting()
    {
        EventHandler h = SocketConnecting;
        if (h != null)
            h(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }

    // simple ISocket implementation
    // (core functionality is taken from ProxySocket)
    private class SimpleSocket : ProxySocket, ISocket
    {
        // creator object
        private readonly SimpleSocketFactory _factory;

        public SimpleSocket(SimpleSocketFactory factory)
        {
            _factory = factory;
        }

        // connects to a server and raises SocketConnected event
        void ISocket.Connect(string serverName, int serverPort)
        {
            _factory.OnSocketConnecting();
            base.Connect(serverName, serverPort);
        }

        // connects to a server and raises SocketConnected event
        void ISocket.Connect(EndPoint endpoint)
        {
            _factory.OnSocketConnecting();
            base.Connect(endpoint);
        }
    }
}

Please note that custom communication layer and proxy support are mutually exclusive - it's not possible to use both at the same time.

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