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...)

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