diff --git a/lib/rex/socket/comm/local.rb b/lib/rex/socket/comm/local.rb
index d071eb6..60a0dfe 100644
--- a/lib/rex/socket/comm/local.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/socket/comm/local.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 require 'rex/socket/sctp'
 require 'rex/socket/sctp_server'
 require 'rex/socket/ip'
+require 'rex/socket/proxies'
 require 'timeout'
 
 ###
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ def self.create_by_type(param, type, proto = 0)
 
   def self.proxy(sock, type, host, port)
     case type.downcase
-    when 'sapni'
+    when Rex::Socket::Proxies::ProxyType::SAPNI
       packet_type = 'NI_ROUTE'
       route_info_version = 2
       ni_version = 39
@@ -422,7 +423,7 @@ def self.proxy(sock, type, host, port)
         raise Rex::ConnectionProxyError.new(host, port, type, "Connection to #{host}:#{port} failed (Unknown fail)")
       end
 
-    when 'http'
+    when Rex::Socket::Proxies::ProxyType::HTTP
       setup = "CONNECT #{host}:#{port} HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n"
       size = sock.put(setup)
       if size != setup.length
@@ -445,7 +446,7 @@ def self.proxy(sock, type, host, port)
       if resp.code != 200
         raise Rex::ConnectionProxyError.new(host, port, type, "The proxy returned a non-OK response"), caller
       end
-    when 'socks4'
+    when Rex::Socket::Proxies::ProxyType::SOCKS4
       supports_ipv6 = false
       setup = [4,1,port.to_i].pack('CCn') + Rex::Socket.resolv_nbo(host, supports_ipv6) + Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(rand(8)+1) + "\x00"
       size = sock.put(setup)
@@ -465,7 +466,7 @@ def self.proxy(sock, type, host, port)
       if ret[1,1] != "\x5a"
         raise Rex::ConnectionProxyError.new(host, port, type, "Proxy responded with error code #{ret[0,1].unpack("C")[0]}"), caller
       end
-    when 'socks5'
+    when Rex::Socket::Proxies::ProxyType::SOCKS5
       auth_methods = [5,1,0].pack('CCC')
       size = sock.put(auth_methods)
       if size != auth_methods.length
diff --git a/lib/rex/socket/parameters.rb b/lib/rex/socket/parameters.rb
index 28c0004..50e749e 100644
--- a/lib/rex/socket/parameters.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/socket/parameters.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: binary -*-
 require 'rex/socket'
+require 'rex/socket/proxies'
 
 ###
 #
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ def initialize(hash = {})
     end
 
     if hash['Proxies']
-      self.proxies = hash['Proxies'].split(',').map{|a| a.strip}.map{|a| a.split(':').map{|b| b.strip}}
+      self.proxies = Rex::Socket::Proxies.parse(hash['Proxies'])
     end
 
     # The protocol this socket will be using
diff --git a/lib/rex/socket/proxies.rb b/lib/rex/socket/proxies.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5aa8794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rex/socket/proxies.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# -*- coding: binary -*-
+
+module Rex
+  module Socket
+    module Proxies
+      module ProxyType
+        SAPNI = 'sapni'
+        HTTP = 'http'
+        SOCKS4 = 'socks4'
+        SOCKS5 = 'socks5'
+      end
+
+      # @param [String,nil] value A proxy chain of format {type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]}
+      # @return [Array] The array of proxies, i.e. {[['type', 'host', 'port']]}
+      def self.parse(value)
+        value.to_s.strip.split(',').map { |a| a.strip }.map { |a| a.split(':').map { |b| b.strip } }
+      end
+
+      def self.supported_types
+        ProxyType.constants.map { |c| ProxyType.const_get(c) }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/rex/socket/proxies_spec.rb b/spec/rex/socket/proxies_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4405d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/rex/socket/proxies_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# -*- coding:binary -*-
+require 'rex/socket/proxies'
+
+RSpec.describe Rex::Socket::Proxies do
+  describe '.supported_types' do
+    it 'should equal the array of available proxies' do
+      expected = %w[
+        sapni
+        socks4
+        http
+        socks5
+      ]
+      expect(subject.supported_types).to match_array expected
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '.parse' do
+    [
+      { value: nil, expected: [] },
+      { value: '', expected: [] },
+      { value: '           ', expected: [] },
+      { value: 'sapni:198.51.100.1:8080,       socks4:198.51.100.1:1080      ', expected: [['sapni', '198.51.100.1', '8080'], ['socks4', '198.51.100.1', '1080']] },
+    ].each do |test|
+      it "correctly parses #{test[:value]} as #{test[:expected]}" do
+        expect(described_class.parse(test[:value])).to eq test[:expected]
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end