hts(1)

Usage

hts [options] [port]

Overview

This manual page briefly documents the hts command.

hts listens for incoming httptunnel connections at PORT (default port is 8888). When a connection is made, I/O is redirected to the destination specified by the --device or --forward-port switch.

Options

The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options are included below.

-h, --help: Show summary of options.

-c, --content-length BYTES: use HTTP PUT requests of BYTES size (k, M, and G postfixes recognized)

-d, --device DEVICE: use DEVICE for input and output

-F, --forward-port HOST:PORT: connect to PORT at HOST and use it for input and output

-k, --keep-alive SECONDS: send keepalive bytes every SECONDS seconds (default is 5)

-M, --max-connection-age SEC: maximum time a connection will stay open is SEC seconds (default is 300)

-S, --strict-content-length: always write Content-Length bytes in requests

-V, --version: output version information and exit

-p, --pid-file LOCATION: write a PID file to LOCATION

Releases

14 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 7 times.

--chroot until Debian 13 (Trixie); --no-daemon until Debian 13 (Trixie); --stdin-stdout until Debian 13 (Trixie); --user until Debian 13 (Trixie); -C until Debian 13 (Trixie); -s until Debian 13 (Trixie); -u until Debian 13 (Trixie); -w until Debian 13 (Trixie).