pnpne Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 +1proxy support please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grdshch Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 10 months ago you had plans to add proxy support.Do you have such plans now?Should we wait for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Hi gents, Adding proxy support was moved due to other high-priority tasks, but is definitely on our roadmap. We can't provide precise ETA right now, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainmark Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 So when this is implemented will proxy settings be available in the android app? I have the problem at the moment (and I don't know how common this is) that my phone provider is blocking the ports that BTsync needs to run so I have to be on WiFi to use BTsync. If the android app had proxy settings it would be a snip to get around their blocks using an SSH tunnel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 @captainmark Yes, mobile devices will also be able to go thru proxy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paraeldani Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 +1proxy support please.. It is not a minor thing.....I think many people do not jump right into Bittorrent Sync because of the lack of proxy support which in many cases means not being able to use the app at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 @paraeldani BTSync will support proxy soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chAndroid Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 @paraeldani BTSync will support proxy soon. Are we any closer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i11th Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 no proxy - no btsyncdropbox forever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkjiang Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 lastest release 1.4 supports Proxy! Introducing Sync 1.4Last Updated: Aug 26, 2014 03:18PM PDTNew in 1.4New simplified UIUI was fully revised and now looks similar on all platforms. Also, UI was simplified significantly to make Sync use faster, convenient, and easy to use. HTTPS links supportHTTPS links are generated by Sync and shared with a remote peer to exchange Keys securely, using X.509 certificates Proxy server support addedDirect connection between peers is possible as long as one of the two peers is not behind a proxy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgl289 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Dear colleagues: Although the version 1.4 introduces Proxy server support, in my case, it does not work yet. It is curious because when a enter the proxy information, the "Check now" button (to check for updates button) starts working. Nevertheless, the synchronization does not work. Checking the proxy preferences on the bittorrent client (no sync app), I wonder if the problem is related to this option (which is still missing on the bittorrent sync): Use proxy for peer-to-peer connections forces BitTorrent to communicate and transfer data with peers through the proxy. By default, this option is disabled, and BitTorrent only uses the proxy to communicate with trackers. This option may not work with some HTTP proxies (not all HTTP proxies support HTTP CONNECT). I don't kown if the lack of this option causes the problem or not, but definitely, if bittorrent sync is not redirecting ALL the traffic thought the proxy, it won't work for many of us. So please, if anyone knows. I would love to hear that it is my fault and that I need to just change something on the configuration, but it doesn't seem to be this way. It seems for me to be a problem of a partial implementation of the proxy client features. open to suggestions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
florentm Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 The curious stuff is that previouslw it was working with proxifer/proxycap but it seems it's no longer the case. I will investigate this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 I must concur with dgl289.No http proxy is sad, since it's the only way to proxy over here.Allthough ... when I set it to https, I am able to connect to the update site (which otherwise is blocked or gives a timeout, both without proxy as with the socks proxies).Whatever I try, I cannot get it to work. I've added a predefined host, I've tried all forms of the proxy. Should I check whether our proxy supports http connect ? UPDATE : in response to florentm:Using proxifier & my ssh tunnel, I'm able to route all btsync traffic through the tunnel, making the sync function.I've added a proxification rule for the btsync.exe app to any host on any port throught the http proxy on port 8080 (which is our corporate proxy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ion201 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) Same issue as dgl289. Trying to use a SOCKS5 tunnel through putty to get past a strict firewall and the client won't connect to any peers. Looks like I'll stick to my PPTP proxy for a bit longer, although SOCKS would definitely be the better solution. Regardless, I'm glad it's finally been implemented even if it needs a bit of work. Edited August 27, 2014 by ion201 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knwpsk Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 I've tried several proxy configs and none of them seem to be working. My sync folders are not finding their peers outside the firewall; and the Check For Updates button returns a failure to connect. Would be really, really helpful if there was some logging to tell me "can't resolve the proxy address you entered" or "resolved the address but can't connect" or "proxy is asking for credentials" or whatever. And a "test your proxy settings" button would be terrific. Right now it seems I'm flying blind... ALSO -- does anyone know how to configure btsync to connect using Ultrasurf? That would be really helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knwpsk Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Update to my own post... I kept monkeying around with the new Advanced settings until I got something to work. Turns out the new version is having trouble finding peer machines -- on the same subnet -- on my corporate network. Unclear why (referring again to my comments below about lack of visibility and the need for more troubleshooting tools). On my laptop, yesterday, I had it syncing all folders with two peer desktops. Overnight I shut down laptop and this morning restarted... and it wouldn't connect to either peer PC. When I added ONE peer machine under "Use Predefined Hosts" -- then my laptop found BOTH of the peer machines. I added a host to other folders, same result. Prior versions of btsync found the same local peers without any help. So... I'm able to sync all folders on local network now. Still unable to connect to anything outside local network -- can't get proxy to work. Don't know why. Still wondering if anyone knows how to get btsync to work with Ultrasurf. I've tried several proxy configs and none of them seem to be working. My sync folders are not finding their peers outside the firewall; and the Check For Updates button returns a failure to connect. Would be really, really helpful if there was some logging to tell me "can't resolve the proxy address you entered" or "resolved the address but can't connect" or "proxy is asking for credentials" or whatever. And a "test your proxy settings" button would be terrific. Right now it seems I'm flying blind... ALSO -- does anyone know how to configure btsync to connect using Ultrasurf? That would be really helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erenoglu Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 One thing to consider, not all proxies support HTTP Connect method, and out of the ones that support, their Config may be limiting the Connect method to just a few ports. For example at work, our proxy only allows ports 22 443 3000. Other ports won't work. So you need to set other btsync peers working ports to the ones that are allowed by your proxy server. 443 is for sure allowed (https) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knwpsk Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Updated to btsync 1.4.83 today, and it now works seamlessly with Ultrasurf. No explanation why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Updated to btsync 1.4.83 today, and it now works seamlessly with Ultrasurf. No explanation why. What version were you using previously? Proxy support was added in 1.4.72 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knwpsk Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 What version were you using previously? Proxy support was added in 1.4.72 GM, I was using 1.4.72. Couldn't get proxy working, tried all options. Had a back-and-forth with Support, no help. Yesterday upgraded to 1.4.83, and it "just worked." Further detail:The machine behind the proxy was trying to connect with two machines on the other side. After I upgraded machine 1, it immediately connected to machine 2 (which was new, and was already on 1.4.83). But 1 didn't connect to 3, which was on an older version. I just upgraded machine 3, and now all of them are connecting. So my somewhat blind advice is, if you're trying to use btsync with a proxy, upgrade ALL of your machines to btsync 1.4.83 (or later, depending on when you read this). I think it's unfortunate that the GUI doesn't give us more feedback on connectivity -- i.e. "Connected [or unable to connect] to Proxy," "Proxy refused connection," "Connected to directory server," etc. Would help tremendously in trying to self-assess problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knwpsk Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 I guess I spoke too soon. Worked yesterday, not working today. No idea why. Wish I had some help diagnosing what it is or isn't doing. GM, I was using 1.4.72. Couldn't get proxy working, tried all options. Had a back-and-forth with Support, no help. Yesterday upgraded to 1.4.83, and it "just worked." Further detail:The machine behind the proxy was trying to connect with two machines on the other side. After I upgraded machine 1, it immediately connected to machine 2 (which was new, and was already on 1.4.83). But 1 didn't connect to 3, which was on an older version. I just upgraded machine 3, and now all of them are connecting. So my somewhat blind advice is, if you're trying to use btsync with a proxy, upgrade ALL of your machines to btsync 1.4.83 (or later, depending on when you read this). I think it's unfortunate that the GUI doesn't give us more feedback on connectivity -- i.e. "Connected [or unable to connect] to Proxy," "Proxy refused connection," "Connected to directory server," etc. Would help tremendously in trying to self-assess problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 @knwpsk Ultrasurf is not intended for usage anything other than browser traffic (as they state themselves) and I did not found any confirmation on their site that Ultrasurf conforms Socks5 standard (RFC1928). Also, they implement some filters for the content they believe to be non-legitimate - which might be another reason for blocking Sync traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knwpsk Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Thanks, RomanZ, Is there a better proxy partner app for btsync? Agree, I haven't been able to find any documentation on what protocols Ultrasurf does support. AND: how can one determine what btsync is or isn't doing, with respect to its peer-to-peer communications? I'm scrounging thru the sync.log but not finding anything deterministic. I see it "sending ping to..." remote addresses, but don't see more that would tell me "succeeded" or "failed" etc. Is there a Help page to describe the connection process, the proxy functionality, and the resulting logs? I'm happy to read up. @knwpsk Ultrasurf is not intended for usage anything other than browser traffic (as they state themselves) and I did not found any confirmation on their site that Ultrasurf conforms Socks5 standard (RFC1928). Also, they implement some filters for the content they believe to be non-legitimate - which might be another reason for blocking Sync traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 @knwpsk The logs are self-descriptive at some extent. Unfortunately there no more information on log decoding available for now. Sync proved to work fine with Squid, SsockSD, Winroute proxies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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