Can socks5 proxies work similiar to http connect?

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I have difficulties understanding socks5 proxies. I would like to know if I can avoid socks5 proxies to see the traffic between the client and destination. I would like to achieve something similiar to http connect where the client and the destination server communicate directly and the proxy simply forwards data without inspecting or modifying the data.

Is it sufficient to connect to an https site to ensure that the socks5 proxy cannot see the content I exchange with the site?

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Socks5 proxies and HTTP CONNECT work in different ways, but they can both be used to route traffic through a proxy. Here’s a breakdown to clarify how they work and how you can achieve your goal of avoiding content inspection by the proxy.

How SOCKS5 Proxies Work

  1. Protocol Flexibility: SOCKS5 can handle any type of traffic (TCP and UDP) and is not limited to HTTP/S traffic. This means it can be used for web traffic, file transfers, and more.
  2. Connection Establishment: When you connect to a SOCKS5 proxy, the client first establishes a connection to the proxy, and then the proxy establishes a connection to the destination server on behalf of the client.
  3. No Content Inspection: SOCKS5 proxies typically do not inspect or modify the content of the data being forwarded. They act more like a tunnel, forwarding packets between the client and destination without interpreting the data.

HTTP CONNECT Method

  1. Tunnel Creation: The HTTP CONNECT method is used by HTTP proxies to create a tunnel to a specified server. When the client makes a request to connect to an HTTPS site, the proxy establishes a connection to that site and then tunnels the encrypted data through.
  2. Data Encryption: Once the tunnel is established for HTTPS traffic, the proxy can only see the IP addresses and the fact that a connection was made; it cannot see the actual content of the encrypted traffic.

Avoiding Content Inspection

To ensure that your traffic is not inspected by the SOCKS5 proxy:

  1. Use HTTPS: When you connect to an HTTPS site, the data exchanged between your client and the destination server is encrypted. This means that even if the proxy is forwarding the data, it cannot decrypt or inspect the content.
  2. Proxy Configuration: If you’re using a SOCKS5 proxy, simply ensuring your traffic is HTTPS will suffice for protecting the content from being viewed by the proxy.
  3. Direct Connections: If you want to completely avoid the proxy from being involved in your connection (similar to not using it), you could bypass the proxy entirely when communicating with the server, but that defeats the purpose of using the proxy.