Hi,
I'm stuck on the bad side of a SOCKS firewall and I'd like to get Java
playing nice with it, at least until I get my Virtual Private Network set
up. The SOCKS 4 protocol is trivial, so I thought I'd just write my own.
However, after a little investigation I discovered that
java.net.PlainSocketImpl actually has SOCKS4 support. The only problem
is, I don't know how to turn it on. *embarassed grin*
I assume it's a properties file somewhere. Here's a relevant code snippet
from PlainSocketImpl:
---------
/**
* Returns true if implementation should use the SOCKS protocol
* (i.e. the user has set the required properties to enable SOCKS to
* be used).
*/
private boolean usingSocks() {
String ssp = (String) java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(
new sun.security.action.GetPropertyAction(socksServerProp));
return (ssp != null);
}
---------
socksServerProp is "socksProxyHost".
It's probably something really obvious and I feel stupid having to ask.
I've checked the Java side, which of course has a very high noise/signal
ratio. I also checked the archives of this list, and a search for
"socks" turned up three matches - to record-breaking sex that will knock
my _socks_ off. Gotta love the 'net.
Check this out - from the javadoc at the top of PlainSocketImpl. Go
Steve!
* @author Steven B. Byrne
Thanks for your help,
dstn.
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