SOCKS 4 is likely not used a lot anymore, though I can't say for sure no
one uses it. You have to link its libs to your app to SOCKSify them,
though.
SOCKS 5 uses a set of wrappers to dynamically add this capability. It
would be nice to support this, but no one's tested httpd with it yet
AFAIK.
Chuck
Graham Leggett wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> According to the following (obsolete) mod_proxy docs it is apparently
> possible to use Apache and mod_proxy with SOCKS:
>
> Can I use the Apache proxy module with my SOCKS proxy?
>
> Yes. Just build Apache with the rule SOCKS4=yes in your
> Configuration file, and follow the instructions there.
> SOCKS5 capability can be added in a similar way (there's
> no SOCKS5 rule yet), so use the EXTRA_LDFLAGS definition,
> or build Apache normally and run it with the runsocks
> wrapper provided with SOCKS5, if your OS supports
> dynamically linked libraries.
>
> Is any of this still true for v2.0? mod_proxy (and Apache) both use APR
> - does this allow it to work with SOCKS?
>
> I just need to know what to say here...
>
--
Chuck
Chuck Murcko
Topsail Group
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