Short: Socks server without security Author: dworz@amazing.links.ch (Christoph Dworzak) Uploader: dworz amazing links ch (Christoph Dworzak) Type: comm/tcp Architecture: m68k-amigaos This server allows local lan users to access the internet (other networks?) trough the Amiga via dialup. The local machines need not to have a registered IP-address. All TCP-traffic of the local computers is forwarded by the Amiga and appears to the outside world as if it comes directly from the Amiga. UDP-traffic is not supported, so ping & co doesn't work! The original sockd provides many security options. I've thrown them all out, because I was not able to compile it otherwise... The whole socks package is available from: ftp://ftp.nec.com/pub/security/socks.cstc minisockd was compiled with GCC2.7.2 in the ADE (see ftp://ftp.amigalib.com/pub/ade). It needs ixemul.library and ixnet.library v43.? It should work with amitcp and as225, but I tested it only with amitcp 4.3 Installation: 1. Add the line "socks 1080/tcp" to file amitcp:db/services 2. Add the line "socks stream tcp nowait root amitcp:serv/minisockd minisockd" to file amitcp:db/inetd.conf 3. Copy minisockd to amitcp:serv/minisockd 4. If you run the commercial version of amitcp, then you may restrict access to socks in amitcp:db/inet.access with a line like that: "socks [insert.your.local.net] allow LOG" Usage: 1. Link your Amiga to the world (i.e. dialup to the inet) 2. Start and configure the netapplications on the local computers. Of course the local computers must be set up to use TCP/IP and should be able to connect to your Amiga. It would be also helpfull if you're running a Nameserver on the Amiga which could do the namelookups for the local computers... So far I used Netscape and mIRC on Win95 successfully. Both allow to set a socks server. There is also a program called SCap available for Windows (also on ftp.nec.com). It should capture accesses to winsock.dll and redirect them to the socks-server, but it doesn't work (yet) for me :-( Have fun (web surfing is simply more fun on Netscape than on any Amiga-Browser. But, you see, I still use my Amiga and it even controlls the PCs :-) Bye dworz PS: my full name is Christoph Dworzak and you may reach me currently on dworz@ibm.net, but this address won't stay forever. Use the one in the header if you want to be shure to reach me (even if it's slow...)