From 31af885b6bb4857ce0b69d3831a860d1b201c520 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: octeep <74378430+octeep@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 12:50:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ef74652..c261b30 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -5,7 +5,16 @@ Wireguard client that exposes itself as a socks5 proxy or tunnels wireproxy is a completely userspace application that connects to a wireguard peer, and exposes a socks5 proxy or tunnels on the machine. This can be useful if you need to connect to certain sites via a wireguard peer, but do not want to setup a new network -interface for whatever reasons. +interface for whatever reasons. + +# Why you might want this +- You simply want wireguard as a way to proxy some traffic +- You don't want root permission just to change wireguard settings + +Currently I am running wireproxy connected to a wireguard server in another country, +and configured my browser to use wireproxy for certain sites. It is pretty useful since +wireproxy is completely isolated from my network interfaces, also I don't need root to configure +anything. # Usage `./wireproxy [config file path]`