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- VSOCKS Light README
- ====================
-
- VSOCKS Light is a simple, basic SOCKS firewall proxy server. Install it
- on a Windows 95/98/NT PC with a modem connection to the Internet, and a connection
- to your LAN and you can use the Internet from anywhere on your LAN (you need
- the TCP/IP protocol on your network).
-
- VSOCKS Light is FREE. It has only basic functionality, but it should be
- sufficient for a small/medium sized LAN. VSOCKS Light supports UNLIMITED
- connections.
-
- We will not be adding more functionality to VSOCKS Light (but we will fix
- bugs). We are currently designing 'VSOCKS Pro' which has more features, but
- isn't free.
-
- Technical support for VSOCKS Light is NOT available, except to registered
- owners of the VPOP3 email server software
- (see http://www.pscs.co.uk/software/vpop3.html)
-
- See the help file for instructions on installing the server & clients.
-
- Technical Info
- ---------------
-
- VSOCKS Light supports the SOCKS V4 protocol and is also a DNS gateway (and
- basic DNS server).
- VSOCKS Light ONLY supports the 'CONNECT' command of SOCKS V4, NOT the 'BIND'
- command. This means that it works fine for all outgoing connections, but
- will not allow incoming connections.
-
- VSOCKS Light does NOT support HTTP proxies or any other protocol specific
- proxies. The SOCKS protocol supports proxying of any TCP/IP protocol
- (including HTTP, FTP, POP3, SMTP, NNTP etc etc), as long as the client
- software supports SOCKS, or you use a suitable 'SOCKSifying' agent, (see
- the VSOCKS help for more details)
-
- ----------------
-
- Licence & Other stuff
- ---------------------
-
- VSOCKS Light is NOT Public Domain, it is FREEWARE. This means that it
- belongs to us, but we grant you a free licence to use VSOCKS Light as a
- SOCKS firewall proxy. Any redistribution of VSOCKS Light must also
- contain this README.TXT file. VSOCKS.EXE and this README.TXT file must NOT
- be modified in any way.
-
- To contact the author for bug reports, email support@pscs.co.uk
-