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How does SOCKS work exactly?

The most obvious way to use the SOCKS proxy is when a client behind the firewall wants to create an outgoing connection via the SOCKS proxy when the firewall rules are blocking outgoing connections.

But what about the other way? Can a client create a listening socket in the SOCKS proxy for incoming connections?

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0 BarryG over 13 years ago

Hi,
If an internal client creates a SOCKS connection, and keeps it open, then incoming traffic on the relevant ports should be routed to the client.

Does that answer your question?

If your client doesn't support SOCKS, you should be using DNAT.

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0 BarryG over 13 years ago

Hi,
If an internal client creates a SOCKS connection, and keeps it open, then incoming traffic on the relevant ports should be routed to the client.

Does that answer your question?

If your client doesn't support SOCKS, you should be using DNAT.

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