Re: ITP: tsocks -- transparent network access through a SOCKS 4 or 5 proxy
On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 18:36:32 +0200 (+0000), Peter Palfrader wrote:
> Hi Tamas!
>
> On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Tamas SZERB wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Peter Palfrader wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Tamas SZERB wrote:
> > > > I intend to package called tsocks.
> > > > tsocks provides transparent network access through a SOCKS
> > > How does it differ from dante-client?
> >
> > oops, it seems they are identical in that functionality. :> plus,
> > dante-client seems to support http connect too.. i'll check this out, and
> > drop me, if dante-client is better than tsocks ;)
>
> dante-client has a few disadvantages:
> - you have to set the socks address as an IP address, I did not work with
> dns names. Maybe I was just stupid but I did not really try.
> - dante-client is _really_ slow. It needs up to two seconds for a connect.
> This could be the sock servers fault too but perhaps it isn't.
>
> So if it is easier to configure or faster it is worth packaging IMHO.
Some people also find dante doesn't work for them with apt (see
various emails in the bug archive). Every now and then I sit down and
try and figure out what is going wrong and how to fix it.
Choice can be a good thing. i.e. if tsocks works and dante-client
doesn't then a strace may reveal the differences and vice versa.
Adrian
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