VPN & proxy protocols directory

Stateless proxy protocol that delegates encryption to the transport layer, usually TLS or REALITY.

4,578 records

Encrypted, UUID-authenticated request-response protocol from the V2Ray project.

3,994 records

General-purpose TCP/UDP proxy protocol with optional username/password authentication.

3,395 records

Plain forward proxy relaying HTTP requests; traffic is unencrypted.

2,660 records

Lightweight encrypted proxy designed to look like random data on the wire.

2,543 records

Password-authenticated protocol disguised as ordinary HTTPS traffic.

974 records

Community fork of Shadowsocks with protocol and obfuscation plugins; unmaintained.

55 records

Simplified QUIC-based successor to Hysteria with password auth and HTTP/3-like behaviour.

38 records

QUIC-based protocol with custom congestion control aimed at lossy networks.

0 records

Compact QUIC-based proxy and relay protocol with UDP relay support.

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Minimal, formally audited VPN protocol with fixed modern cryptography.

0 records

Mature SSL/TLS-based VPN protocol distributed as .ovpn client profiles.

0 records

Standardized IPsec VPN protocol with MOBIKE roaming support, native on most operating systems.

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Legacy layer-2 tunneling protocol usually paired with IPsec for encryption.

0 records

Legacy TCP-only version of the SOCKS proxy protocol without authentication support.

0 records

Forward proxy reached over TLS, typically via the CONNECT method.

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Proxy built on the Chromium network stack so its traffic mimics Chrome itself.

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