SOCKS

[Doug Hunley]

The only time I've had occasion to use a socks  proxy, I've done so
using ssh tunnels instead ;)

http://embraceubuntu.com/2006/12/08/ssh-tunnel-socks-proxy-forwarding-secure-browsing/

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 17:28, Jerry McBride <jmcbride at mail-on.us> wrote:
>
>
> I'm just getting around to look at SOCKS. I've never had an instance to use
> it and if anyone else here has the SOCKS experience, I have a question to
> ask.
>
> It seems to me that whatever you can do In SOCKS, you can achieve in
> iptables. If this is the case, what is the compelling reason for having a
> SOCKS proxy?
>
> Also, people say that SOCKS is the way to get around firewalls.... But don't
> you have to open a port in your iptables to let SOCKS get through?
>
> Just curious.
>
>
> Thank you...
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