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author Marco Bonetti2010-08-14 22:55:18 +0200
committer dsomero2010-08-14 22:55:18 +0200
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libraries/tsocks: Added (transparent SOCKS proxying library)
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+tsocks' role is to allow these non SOCKS aware applications (e.g telnet, ssh,
+ftp etc) to use SOCKS without any modification. It does this by intercepting
+the calls that applications make to establish network connections and
+negotating them through a SOCKS server as necessary.