Wiki entry/explanation for shadowsocks

[cc2001]

I don't understand the Shadowsocks setup. Can you add a quick wiki entry explaining how to set it up?

• Why is there a proxy-frontend and a proxy-backend? Don't you just need 1 shadowsocks server?
• Is proxy-frontend supposed to be a China domestic server, and proxy-backend an offshore server?
• Is it possible to make Shadowsocks authenticate with Radius?

Thank you

[ftao]

• Why is there a proxy-frontend and a proxy-backend? Don't you just need 1 shadowsocks server?

It is complex & out-of-dated setup , don't use it , I plan to rewrite them .

• Is proxy-frontend supposed to be a China domestic server, and proxy-backend an offshore server?

yes

• Is it possible to make Shadowsocks authenticate with Radius?
  no

for simple shadowsocks server , just use proxy-backend , or a more simple playbook like

---
- hosts: all
  roles:
    - common
    - role: ss-server
      name: "default"
      port: 6789
      password: "some-really-long-password"

I will add a wiki later .