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| author | agc <agc@pkgsrc.org> | 1998-06-11 16:03:55 +0000 |
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| committer | agc <agc@pkgsrc.org> | 1998-06-11 16:03:55 +0000 |
| commit | 1518d1d672dc473cfdb58d13ae220abe55050f05 (patch) | |
| tree | 3cc3b7549c54d6c9b585356d5728567ce1e32c33 /net/socks4/pkg/DESCR | |
| parent | bacc50e87eebc1ad12da1da6369a2c4a64063102 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-1518d1d672dc473cfdb58d13ae220abe55050f05.tar.gz | |
Add socks4 package, the *OLD* version of the firewall software. Some of
us unfortunately find this necessary. This is version 4.2.2
Diffstat (limited to 'net/socks4/pkg/DESCR')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/socks4/pkg/DESCR | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/socks4/pkg/DESCR b/net/socks4/pkg/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..26b9eb7dfd3 --- /dev/null +++ b/net/socks4/pkg/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +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). + |