RE: socks 5

["Shawn Jackson" <sjackson () horizonusa com>]

> Socks is a protocol to build kind of tunnels for TCP/IP applications

Socks is a application (OSI) level proxy and is used to exert control
over data flowing through it. Companies setup SOCK proxies to have more
fine grain control over the data that flows in and out of their network.

Calling SOCKS a tunnel is extremely misleading, it's just a application
proxy.

Shawn Jackson
Systems Administrator
Horizon USA
1190 Trademark Dr #107
Reno NV 89521

www.horizonusa.com
Email: sjackson () horizonusa com
Phone: (775) 858-2338
       (800) 325-1199 x338

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