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authorzuntum <zuntum@pkgsrc.org>2001-10-31 22:52:58 +0000
committerzuntum <zuntum@pkgsrc.org>2001-10-31 22:52:58 +0000
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+This is CSTC version 4.2 of SOCKS, a package that allows Unix hosts
+behind a firewall to gain full access to the internet without requiring
+direct IP reachability. It does require a SOCKS server program being
+run on a hosts that can communicate directly to hosts behind the firewall
+as well as hosts on the Internet at large. It is based on the original
+SOCKS written by David Koblas <koblas@netcom.com>.
+
+The package includes full source for the SOCKS server and SOCKSified
+client programs of finger, ftp, telnet, and whois. A few other SOCKSified
+clients may be found on ftp.nec.com, in directory /pub/security/socks.cstc.
+Increasingly, software developers are beginning to include SOCKS support
+directly into their products, for example, Mosaic, Netscape, Trumpet
+Winsock, TCP/Connect II (from InterCon for Macintosh; they also intend
+to do so for their Windows version), OutsideVew for Windows (from Crystal
+Point, currently in beta).