SOCKS (Port 1080) is a firewall tunneling service. It allows many machines
behind a firewall to access the Internet without actually being on the
Internet themselves.
In theory, SOCKS should only be visible from the internal side of the
server, but not from the Internet. Hackers will frequently probe to see if
SOCKS is visible from the other side. If that is the case, they can attack
your internal network, or almost as bad, launch attacks on other Internet
sites from your machine.
/Jimi Aleshin
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From: Sandeep Shetty
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Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 06:04 AM
Subject: Can any body share thier knowledge of SOCKS
I don't know what SOCKS stands for? How is it related to firewalls. What
is Socks4 and Socks5
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With lots of luv,
Sandeep Shetty
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