Dante -- Proxy communication solution

Dante is a circuit-level SOCKS client/server that can be used to provide convenient and secure network connectivity, requiring only the host Dante runs on to have external network connectivity. Once installed, Dante can in most cases be made transparent to clients while offering detailed access control and logging facilities to server administrators.

Developed by Inferno Nettverk A/S, Dante is released under a BSD/CMU-type license and comes with complete source code.

Dante is used daily by Fortune 100 companies and large international organizations, either as a standard SOCKS server or as a "reverse proxy".

Inferno Nettverk A/S provides various commercial services related to Dante, including support, customized installations/tuning, development, porting and embedding. For more information about commercial support, see the Dante support page.

Configuration and setup of Dante is described in the configuration pages.

Several commercial modules are available for the Dante server. For more information see the module page.

Recent news

• 2011-08-04: Dante version 1.3.2 has been released. This is a maintenance release that primarily fixes bugs found in the previous release. The announcement lists the changes.
• 2011-07-27 We have published a report with a performance analysis of Dante 1.3.1. The document describes how Dante was configured to run in a high-traffic environment, and the resulting performance and resource requirements.
• 2011-06-21: Dante version 1.3.1, which fixes some bugs in Dante 1.3.0 has been released today. The announcement lists the changes.
• 2011-06-14: The first full version of the 1.3.x major release is now available. Dante version 1.3.0 has several new features in addition to bug fixes and performance improvements. A full overview of the changes can be found in the announcement.
• 2010-09-21: Dante 1.2.2 has been released. This is a maintenance release mostly intended to fix bugs found in the previous release. For a full overview of the changes, see the announcement.
• 2010-05-28: Dante 1.2.1 has been released. This is a maintenance release mostly intended to fix bugs found in the previous release. For a full overview of the changes, see the announcement.
• 2009-10-27: We are happy to finally release Dante version 1.2.0. This version adds support for UPnP and GSSAPI, and has vastly improved application compatibility in the client library (socksify). For a full overview of the changes, see the announcement.