Socks Puppet is a freeware, multithreaded, win32 socks 5 server. It allows linking of tcp/ip connections through firewalls and gateways. The socks 5 server acts as a proxy, passing connecting traffic on as if it orginates from the socks server. Many clients today support the socks 5 protocol.

What are the OS requirements?

Socks Puppet has been tested on Windows NT, 2000, XP and 98/Me. It uses an insignificant amount of system resources.

When I try to connect, it just disconnects me.

There are several reasons this could be. If you are using a username and password, the password must be encrypted on first use. Also check your configuration file to make sure you are using the right port. If you have a firewall, make sure the port is open.

Whats the longest chain you can make?

Socks Puppet should support a chain of up to 10 connections long. However this is not practical in most cases. Lengths of up to 5 have been tested.

Is Socks Puppet fully socks 5 compliant?

Not at this time. It does not support IPV6, GSSAPI authentication, and UDP connections.

What is the data pipe for?

Data Pipe is generally an expert feature. It should not be used in conjunction with socks 5 clients. Data Pipe turns sockd into a dumb forwarder. Any connection on the listening port will be forwarded to the datapipe IP and Port. It can be used to forward an incoming connection to an internal machine, or used on an outward connection such as one created by stunnel, or any client that does not support socks 5.

Does data pipe work with chains?

Yes.

Can I turn off the Identd feature?

Leaving ident commented out in the config file will disable the identd server. It is not nessicary under most circumstances. If you dont know what it is, you probably dont need it.

Can I browse web pages through Socks Puppet?

Yes, you can if your browser supports socks 5. Mozilla is a nice choice.

Can I run Socks Puppet as a service?

Yes. Using the "-i config file" switch will install Socks Puppet as a service. This allows it to automatically startup with the system. -u will uninstall it.

If using the Gui version, just check "run as service" in the basic settings. Upon reboot the sockd will run, however the program will not appear in the taskbar. The service runs invisible, and must be stopped and restarted to make changes in settings.