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SOCKS successor requirements
draft-ietf-aft-socks-v6-req-00

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (aft WG)
Expired & archived
Author Marc VanHeyningen
Last updated 1999-09-02
RFC stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
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Abstract

The SOCKS protocol version 5 has been deployed and seen use as a mechanism for authenticated firewall traversal. Experience with the use of this protocol and its limitations has led to the desire for a new firewall traversal protocol; we tentatively name this new protocol SOCKS version 6.

Authors

Marc VanHeyningen

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