Custom package support for .hc config files for HTTP Custom App

Feature Requests
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I am writing to request the development of a package similar to the HTTP Custom app for mobile phones, but specifically for OpenWrt routers. In Bangladesh, we rely heavily on using the .hc file configuration from the HTTP Custom app on our mobile devices to bypass the internet restrictions that are commonly imposed.

It would be incredibly beneficial for us if we could have a package on OpenWrt that can interpret and use .hc extension config files to provide similar functionality. This would make it much easier for many users, especially in regions where internet freedom is limited.

I kindly ask the community or any developers to consider building this package, as it would provide great help to many people in Bangladesh and potentially other regions with similar restrictions. It would be a life-changer for many users who rely on bypassing these limitations to access essential services.

Your support would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much in advance for your time and consideration!

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thank you for providing at least references to the .hc file format, no wait ....

what's the openwrt counterpart to "HTTP Custom app" ?

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The OpenWrt counterpart to the "HTTP Custom app" on mobile devices would likely be a combination of proxy or VPN packages that can modify HTTP/S traffic, such as redsocks, shadowsocks, or squid. These tools allow routing and manipulation of traffic, often used to bypass internet restrictions.

To implement functionality similar to the HTTP Custom app (which modifies HTTP requests to bypass censorship), you could configure a proxy server or VPN on OpenWrt to route traffic through specific configurations, like using .hc files for custom proxy rules. Additionally, packages like privoxy or polipo might be useful for fine-grained HTTP filtering and customization.

you would use a combination of networking tools and custom scripts to achieve similar functionality.

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thank you for the AI generated reply, it only managed to answered half of the question though.

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i dont have any idea of how this thing works so i have to rely on ai to gain some informations

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are we supposed to have an idea ?

have fun getting it to figure out the .hc file format, feel free to post back when it's been done.

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OpenWRT does not provide mobile VPN clients, you have to acquire those separately.

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could you provide me any solutions here is the problem
if you could then i dont need the alternative of http custom app

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You do not describe the problem. I have no idea what .hc FILE is supposed to do to the NETWORK
This will be slow:
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/tor/client
For Russia blocks they made "zapret" tool
For China blocks it is called 'passwall"
Both are third party software bolted on top of OpenWRT router with their own support channels, very likely in their default languages only.

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Probably link is blocked, but tor project says psiphon works.
https://explorer.ooni.org/country/BD

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Check this:

Russian tool adapted in Turkey, probably try recipe(s) from that thread and jump in the party if something is off.

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OP's OpenVPN connection appears to be working, this thread can probably be locked.

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