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- Short: Transparent SOCKS 4 proxy client for AmiTCP
- Author: berend@sgi.com (Berend Ozceri)
- Uploader: berend@sgi.com (Berend Ozceri)
- Version: 1.0
- Type: comm/tcp
-
- 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
-
- 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.
-
- It currently does not support programs that rely on non-blocking connect()
- calls. I have not come across any such programs. Nevertheless, I will try
- to finish support for that at my earliest convenience.
-
- Please read the provided file "CONFIGURATION" for a brief explanation of
- what parameters to provide to the installer during installation.
-
- Berend Ozceri
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 628 274 56.3% 30-Nov-97 19:11:52 SOCKS Proxy.info
- 1890 758 59.8% 30-Nov-97 19:26:08 +CONFIGURING
- 438 227 48.1% 30-Nov-97 19:11:52 +CONFIGURING.info
- 2936 1296 55.8% 30-Nov-97 19:27:26 +COPYRIGHTS
- 438 229 47.7% 30-Nov-97 19:11:52 +COPYRIGHTS.info
- 2377 908 61.8% 30-Nov-97 18:34:04 +Install SOCKS Proxy
- 737 376 48.9% 30-Nov-97 19:11:52 +Install SOCKS Proxy.info
- 1909 1001 47.5% 30-Nov-97 19:28:24 +README
- 438 225 48.6% 30-Nov-97 19:11:52 +README.info
- 17356 10599 38.9% 30-Nov-97 19:41:06 +socks
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- 29147 15893 45.4% 01-Dec-97 06:40:04 10 files
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