ons 2006-10-18 klockan 11:44 +0530 skrev Om:
> I want to what is a socks server,
SOCKS is a generic proxy protocol for proxying of any TCP based
application. It dosen't know details of the proxied protocols, and is
designed only for proxying not caching.
> Many of the times the users on my LAN would require to connect to
> machines on internet using ssh.
> Will socks server help me in doing that.
Yes.
> What are the advantages of using a socks server.
Supports any TCP/IP protocol, almost.
> How to setup socks support to the squid server.
Just install a SOCKS proxy daemon next to Squid. Both runs happily on
the same server.
There is several free SOCKS servers available.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ss5 is one.
Regards
Henrik
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