On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:35:36 +0200, Ángel González wrote: > Martin Lambers wrote: > > > > 1. Is there any need for anything except SOCKS5? It has been around > > for ages, does anybody really still need SOCKS4? > > If I remember right, they are so similar that it's simple to support > both with one hit.
That's true if we do DNS ourselves (necessary for SOCKS4, optional for SOCKS5), but we want the proxy to do it for us, especially in the context of Tor usage, and then SOCKS5 is different (simpler) than SOCKS4. Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho _______________________________________________ msmtp-users mailing list msmtp-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msmtp-users
