Documentation

This page contains links to documentation for the Dante package.

Files from latest release

• sockd.8 (Server manual page)
• sockd.conf.5 (Server configuration file manual page)
• socks.conf.5 (Client configuration file manual page)
• socksify.1 (LD_PRELOAD based socksify program manual page)
• README.usage (from distribution)
• README.socksify (from distribution)

Commercial modules

• Module: redirect
• Module: bandwidth control
• Module: session control

Other resources

• Dante FAQ
• Presentation of Dante held at BLUG (PDF).
• Dante server documentation at Compaq (tru64unix).

Socks related standards

• RFC1928, SOCKS Protocol Version 5.
• RFC1929, Username/Password Authentication for SOCKS V5.
• RFC1961, GSS-API Authentication Method for SOCKS Version 5.
• draft-ietf-aft-socks-chap-01 Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol for SOCKS V5 (draft)
• draft-ietf-aft-socks-eap-00.txt EAP Authentication for SOCKS Version 5 (draft)
• draft-ietf-aft-socks-gssapi-revisions GSS-API Authentication Method for SOCKS Version 5 (draft, updates rfc1961, expired)
• draft-ietf-aft-socks-maf Multi-Authentication Framework Method for SOCKS V5 (draft, expired)
• draft-ietf-aft-socks-multiple-traversal-00.txt SOCKS V5 Protocol extension for Multiple Firewalls Traversal (draft, expired?)
• draft-ietf-aft-socks-pro-v5 SOCKS Protocol Version 5 (draft, updates rfc1928, expired)
• draft-ietf-aft-socks-cram Challenge-Response Authentication Method for SOCKS V5 (draft, expired)