[tor-talk] Using Orbot standalone

[Nathan Freitas]

> On Mar 30, 2022, at 10:36 AM, Alessandro Donnini via tor-talk <tor-talk at lists.torproject.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I apologize in advance if this question (see below) was asked (and answered) previously. I could not find any information on it.
> 
> I would like to incorporate a proxy server in my Androd app to perform gate keeping and toll taking functions.
> 
> Orbot is described as
> 
> "... and also provides an HTTP Proxy for connecting web browsers and other HTTP client applications into the Tor SOCKS interface. ..."
> 
> Could (a modified) Orbot be used as a device-based proxy server without interfacing with the Tor network?

It isn’t really meant for that, and would be overkill.

Running a local proxy server in an Android Service isn’t that difficult.

Alternatively, you could use the VPNBuilder interface, which would make "gate keeping and toll taking functions” work quite well.

I would look at NetGuard for that: https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard

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