Re: [squid-users] Re: R: [squid-users] Proxy Socks & Squid

From: Henrik Nordstrom <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 21:40:01 +0200

On Thursday 08 May 2003 10.14, Marc Elsen wrote:

> - Socks as I understand is a more generic method of proxying
> tcp protocols.

It is.

SOCKS is a protocol neutral protocol for proxying IP application (both
TCP and UDP supported). When using SOCKS the application virtually
runs all networking on the SOCKS server, as if the application was
running on the SOCKS server and not on your computer.

Regards
Henrik

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