VPN Gate Linux client for Softether SSL-VPN protocol

Written with bash & node.js for GNOS.

Features

• Configurable profiles
• Linux netns isolation
• Scrap VPN Gate using phantomjs
• SYN Scan to check servers latency
• Filtering & Selection using jq
• Supports both pkexec & sudo
• Softether SSL-VPN protocol
• HTTP & SOCKS4 proxy support
• Managed DHCP: dhclient
• Automatic dependency installation (Ubuntu)

Usage

NAME: vpngate
DESC: VPN Gate client for SoftEther VPN-SSL protocol
AUTH: elias@gnos.in
DEPS: SoftEther vpnclient + vpncmd
DEPS: policykit-1 isc-dhcp-client npm jq
FEAT:
  polkit integration
  GUI server selector
  scapping to JSON cache
  jq filtering & selection
  auto $http_proxy support
  HTTP & SOCKS4 proxy support
  netns (Linux network namespaces)
  user profiles with command execution

USAGE:
  vpngate [ OPTS ... ] [ PROFILE_NAME | PROFILE_PATH [ COMMAND [ ARGS ... ] ] ]
  vpngate -d PROFILE_NAME
  vpngate -l
  vpngate -h

ARGS:
  PROFILE_NAME    Profile name, stored in ~/.config/vpngate/
  PROFILE_PATH    Profile path
  COMMAND         Command to execute, or "null" to keep connected
  ARGS            Command arguments

OPTS:
  -d              Disconnect profile
  -l              List active profiles
  -h              Show help
  -r              Force reconnect
  -u              Force cache update
  -p HTTP_PROXY   HTTP proxy:     [http://][user[:password]@]host[:port]
  -s SOCKS_PROXY  SOCKS4 proxy:  [socks://][user[:password]@]host[:port]
  -g              GUI server selector
  -v              Verbose output

PROFILE-FORMAT:  BASH
  cmd            Command to execute
  proxy          HTTP proxy
  socks          SOCKS4 proxy
  filter         [VPN Gate] Server-list filter, jq select syntax
  select         [VPN Gate] Server-list sorter, jq sort_by syntax
  connect        [VPN] Private server, see args: vpnssl-connect -h

Profile configuration

Profiles are stored in ~/.config/vpngate.

Profiles files are simple bash declarations.

VPN Gate servers

Variable	Default	Description
filter	'true'	jq select() expression
select	'."SYN scan (ms)"'	jq sort_by() expression
mirror	""	Alternative Scrapping url

Forced server

connect replaces Scrapping/Filtering/Scanning/Selecting.

Variable	Default	Description
connect	''	Connection string

IP_ADDR TCP_PORT [ USER_NAME PASSWORD [HUB_NAME] ]

Default USER_NAME is vpn with empty PASSWORD, default HUB_NAME is vpngate.

Examples:

# Private server
connect='1.1.1.1 443 my_username "s3cr3t" HUB'

# Forced VPN Gate server: NO credentials required
connect='2.2.2.2 443'

Command & Proxies

Variable	Default	Description
cmd	'bash'	Command to execute, or "null" to keep connected
proxy	''	HTTP proxy
socks	''	SOCKS proxy

Examples:

cmd='curl -sSL https://wtfismyip.com/text'
cmd='firejail firefox'

Content is eval-ed so you can write complex commands but beware of security implications:

cmd='true ; echo "Executed as $(id -u) out of isolation [$(ip netns identify $$)]" '

Also have fun with quoting:

cmd="bash -c 'echo \"quoted   text\"'"
cmd='bash -c '\''echo "quoted   text"'\'

Application defaults overrides

Variable	Default	Description
cacheSeconds	7200	Scrapping cache validity in seconds
verbose	""	Set to -v to force verbose output
reconnect	""	Set to -r to force reconnection
update	""	Set to -u to disable cache
gui	""	Set to -g to enable GUI server selector
mirror	""	Scrapping url, read https://bunkerbustervpn.com/vpngate.html

Installation

Requirements

• Softether vpnclient, integrated with systemd.
• Softether vpncmd, declared in PATH.
• Node.js (lts/10), managed by nvm.
• OPTIONAL, yad for GUI

Copy scripts

Put files somewhere, for example /opt/vpngate.

Auto dependencies installation

Tested on latest Ubuntu with NPM configured to run npm install -g without sudo.

This will call pkexec to gain privileges and pull missing dependencies:

vpngate -i

Manual dependencies installation

sudo apt-get install npm jq isc-dhcp-client yad
sudo npm install -g phantomjs casperjs
sudo mkdir /opt/vpngate/node_modules
sudo chown $(id -u) /opt/vpngate/node_modules
npm install ip local-ipv4-address raw-socket
# sudo chown -hR root:root /opt/vpngate/node_modules

User alias

To use sudo instead of default automatic pkexec use this alias:

alias vpngate="sudo --set-home NVM_BIN='$NVM_BIN' /opt/vpngate/vpngate -v"

Root alias

Set $SUDO_UID to empty to run command as root, not recommended.

alias vpngate="sudo --set-home SUDO_UID= NVM_BIN="$NVM_BIN" /opt/vpngate/vpngate -v"

Internals

Caches locations

VPN Gate Scrapping cache is kept at ~/.cache/vpngate/cache.json

VPN Gate Profile cache at ~/.cache/vpngate/PROFILE_NAME/vpngate_{filtered,scanned,sorted,selected}.json

DHCP caches are ~/.cache/vpngate/PROFILE_NAME/dhclient{-script,.leases}

Caches Format

JSON array of objects, named data, attributes:

  "Country code"                str notnull empty!
  "DDNS hostname"               str null!
  "IP address"                  str notnull notempty
  "ISP hostname"                str null!
  "Cumulative users"            int null!
  "Cumulative transfers (GB)"   int null!
  "Operator"                    str null!
  "Ping (ms)"                   int null!
  "Score"                       int null!
  "SSL-VPN TCP port"            int notnull
  "SYN scan (ms)"               int notnull
  "Throughput (Mbps)"           int null!
  "Uptime (min)"                int null!
  "VPN sessions"                int null!