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- Short: Transparent SOCKS 4 proxy client for AmiTCP
- Uploader: berend@sgi.com (Berend Ozceri)
- Author: berend@sgi.com (Berend Ozceri)
- Type: comm/tcp
- Version: 2.0
-
- This is a port of client side of the SOCKS 4 proxy. Full details on the
- SOCKS 4 proxy/firewall software can be found at:
-
- ftp://ftp.nec.com/pub/socks
-
- Basically SOCKS is a means of isolating a network (or a collection of
- networks) from the rest of the Internet. The most common use of this is
- to create a "firewall" to increase the security of the internal network
- of a company (or some other such institution). However, a nice feature of
- how SOCKS works is that it can also be used to create a whole network
- using only one IP address.
-
- SOCKS only works with TCP based programs. UDP based programs are not
- supported. Luckily the more popular networking tools such as WWW browsers,
- telnet, ftp, etc. are all TCP based.
-
- A unique feature of this Amiga port of SOCKS is that unlike the UNIX and
- PC ports of SOCKS, it requires no re-compilation of programs to work. It
- uses exec.library's SetFunction() library call to patch a few library
- calls in bsdsocket.library (yes, every time a new one is opened, for those
- of you that are wondering if it does the right thing with the per-task
- library bases).
-
- Software that has been tested include (but is not limited to):
-
- - IBrowse
- - napsaterm, telnet, finger, ncftp
- - Voyager, AmTelnet, AmFTP
-
- The software has only been tested with a real AmiTCP installation. I don't
- believe it would work reliably with other network stacks that "masquarade"
- a bsdsocket.library.
-
- Please read the provided file "CONFIGURING" for a brief explanation of
- what parameters to provide to the installer during installation.
-
- Berend Ozceri
-