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Diffstat (limited to 'net/tsocks/pkg-descr')
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diff --git a/net/tsocks/pkg-descr b/net/tsocks/pkg-descr index 085d038ba4ce..7855e7ed5234 100644 --- a/net/tsocks/pkg-descr +++ b/net/tsocks/pkg-descr @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ -SOCKS servers are a form of proxy that are commonly used -in firewalled LAN environments to allow access between networks, -and often to the Internet. -The problem is that most applications don't know how to gain -access through SOCKS servers. -This means that network based applications -that don't understand SOCKS are very limited in networks they can reach. -An example of this is simple 'telnet'. -If you're on a network firewalled from the internet -with a SOCKS server for outside access, +SOCKS servers are a form of proxy that are commonly used +in firewalled LAN environments to allow access between networks, +and often to the Internet. +The problem is that most applications don't know how to gain +access through SOCKS servers. +This means that network based applications +that don't understand SOCKS are very limited in networks they can reach. +An example of this is simple 'telnet'. +If you're on a network firewalled from the internet +with a SOCKS server for outside access, telnet can't use this server and thus can't telnet out to the Internet. -tsocks' role is to allow these non SOCKS aware applications -(e.g telnet, ssh, ftp etc) to use SOCKS without any modification. -It does this by intercepting the -calls that applications make to establish network connections +tsocks' role is to allow these non SOCKS aware applications +(e.g telnet, ssh, ftp etc) to use SOCKS without any modification. +It does this by intercepting the +calls that applications make to establish network connections and negotating them through a SOCKS server as necessary. WWW: http://tsocks.sourceforge.net |