socksproxy 2.0

Short:        Transparent SOCKS 4 proxy client for AmiTCP
Author:       berend@sgi.com (Berend Ozceri)
Uploader:     berend sgi com (Berend Ozceri)
Type:         comm/tcp
Version:      2.0
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

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 
- Voyager, AmTelnet, AmFTP

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.

Please read the provided file "CONFIGURING" for a brief explanation of
what parameters to provide to the installer during installation.

Berend Ozceri