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プロジェクトの歴史

The public repository was created in May 2023. Its README describes BounceBack as a highly customizable reverse proxy with WAF-like filtering, real-time traffic analysis, IP and geolocation rules, domain fronting support, Malleable C2 profile validation, and multiple proxy protocols.

The first GitHub release line began with v1.0.0 in July 2023, followed by 1.4 and 1.5 releases through 2026.

採用の歴史

BounceBack appears to be a niche security-operations package rather than a broad platform dependency. Its Homebrew formula gives it a package-manager entry point, while the upstream README directs users to download release archives, edit `config.yml`, and run the `bounceback` binary.

Repository metadata shows meaningful interest for a specialized red-team tool, but its adoption story is still mostly upstream GitHub releases plus the Homebrew package.

使われ方

Operators configure rules, proxies, and globals in `config.yml`, optionally refresh bundled banned-IP data, and run `bounceback` with a config and log path. The tool supports HTTP(S), DNS, raw TCP, TLS-wrapped TCP, and UDP proxying with rule pipelines.

The practical use case is traffic triage: allow expected operator or target traffic through while rejecting traffic from scanners, security vendors, sandboxes, or requests that fail a configured C2 profile.

パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

For package nerds, BounceBack is interesting as a security tradecraft tool packaged like an ordinary CLI. It shows how red-team infrastructure utilities increasingly ship as small Go binaries with YAML config, release archives, and Homebrew distribution.

タイムライン

• 2023: Public GitHub repository created.
• 2023: v1.0.0 published on GitHub Releases.
• 2024: v1.5.0 and v1.5.1 release line continued.
• 2026: v1.5.3 published.

Related projects

• Cobalt Strike Malleable C2 profiles are directly relevant because BounceBack validates inbound traffic against Malleable profile rules.
• Generic reverse proxies and web application firewalls are adjacent infrastructure patterns, though BounceBack applies them to red-team OPSEC.

ソース

• https://api.github.com/repos/D00Movenok/BounceBack
• https://github.com/D00Movenok/BounceBack
• https://github.com/D00Movenok/BounceBack/releases
• https://github.com/D00Movenok/BounceBack/wiki
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/D00Movenok/BounceBack/main/config.yml