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 ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 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 -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 29147 15893 45.4% 01-Dec-97 06:40:04 10 files