This is NWSL (previously CSTC) version 5.0 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 host 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> and the work of the AFT working group of the IETF. NOTE: The shared library features in socks5 require a dynamic linker that understands the LD_PRELOAD environment variable. FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE supports this; so do versions of -current and -stable later than May 2, 1996. All other features will work with FreeBSD 2.0 and later. WARNING: Export of SOCKS from the US without a proper license is a violation of ITAR rules. WARNING: Commercial use and distribution of this software requires a license from NEC corporation. See the README files for more information.