initial proxy code

config.go

@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ type config struct {
 	RpcPort        string        `short:"r" long:"rpcport" description:"Listen for json/rpc messages on this port"`
 	DisableRpc     bool          `long:"norpc" description:"Disable built-in RPC server -- NOTE: The RPC server is disabled by default if no rpcuser/rpcpass is specified"`
 	DisableDNSSeed bool          `long:"nodnsseed" description:"Disable DNS seeding for peers"`
+	Proxy          string        `long:"proxy" description:"Connect via SOCKS5 proxy (127.0.0.1:9050)"`
+	ProxyUser      string        `long:"proxyuser" description:"Username for proxy server"`
+	ProxyPass      string        `long:"proxypass" description:"Password for proxy server"`
+	Tor            bool          `long:"tor" description:"The Proxy being used is Tor"`
 	TestNet3       bool          `long:"testnet" description:"Use the test network"`
 	RegressionTest bool          `long:"regtest" description:"Use the regression test network"`
 	DebugLevel     string        `short:"d" long:"debuglevel" description:"Logging level {trace, debug, info, warn, error, critical}"`

sample-btcd.conf

@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@
 ; Maximum number of inbound and outbound peers.
 ; maxpeers=8
 
+; Connect via SOCKS5
+; proxy=127.0.0.1:9050
+; proxyuser=
+; proxypass=
+
+; SOCKS5 Proxy above is Tor (https://www.torproject.org)
+; tor=1
+
 ; How long to ban misbehaving peers. Valid time units are {s, m, h}.
 ; Minimum 1s.
 ; banduration=24h

server.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"container/list"
 	"github.com/conformal/btcdb"
 	"github.com/conformal/btcwire"
+	"github.com/conformal/go-socks"
 	"net"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -249,12 +250,17 @@ func (s *server) ConnectPeerAsync(addr string, persistent bool) {
 	}
 
 	go func() {
+		dial := net.Dial
+		if cfg.Proxy != "" {
+			proxy := &socks.Proxy{cfg.Proxy, cfg.ProxyUser, cfg.ProxyPass}
+			dial = proxy.Dial
+		}
 		// Attempt to connect to the peer.  If the connection fails and
 		// this is a persistent connection, retry after the retry
 		// interval.
 		for !s.shutdown {
 			log.Debugf("[SRVR] Attempting to connect to %s", addr)
-			conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", addr)
+			conn, err := dial("tcp", addr)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Errorf("[SRVR] %v", err)
 				if !persistent {