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        RFC 1961:

        Title:      GSS-API Authentication Method for SOCKS Version 5
        Author:     P. McMahon
        Date:       June 1996
        Mailbox:    p.v.mcmahon@rea0803.wins.icl.co.uk
        Pages:      9
        Characters: 16,036
        Updates/Obsoletes: none

        URL:        ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1961.txt


The protocol specification for SOCKS Version 5 specifies a generalized
framework for the use of arbitrary authentication protocols in the
initial SOCKS connection setup.  This document provides the
specification for the SOCKS V5 GSS-API authentication protocol, and
defines a GSS-API-based encapsulation for provision of integrity,
authentication and optional confidentiality.  This RFC is the product
of the Authenticated Firewall Traversal Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

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