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Date:      Mon, 11 Aug 1997 21:11:23 -0700
From:      Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com>
To:        obrien@NUXI.COM
Cc:        Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/security Makefile 
Message-ID:  <199708120411.VAA02736@precipice.shockwave.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 10 Aug 1997 22:44:42 PDT." <19970810224442.48530@dragon.nuxi.com> 

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> > I don't understand why we have a socks4 port at all.  socks5 is upwards
> > and backwards compatible with 4, and supports a lot more functionality.
> 
> Give me a working socks5 configuration file that works at HP and I'll be
> *more* than glad to remove it.  HP uses a modified version of socks4, and
> I don't know of any of the Linux weenies there that gotten socks5 to work
> with the firewall.  (I'll be the first to admit, I don't know much about
> socks).

I don't see what the problem is.  They use identical technology and a socks5
server will gladly server socks4 clients, and I believe socks5 clients can
use socks4 servers (though I'm not positive).

>  
> > However, socks is much more general than just security, and as such, that's
> 
> Really?  I've only ever heard it come up in firewall/security situations.

Oh well, so some folks don't have a lot of imagination. :-)



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