SOCKS is an Internet protocol that routes packets between a client and a server through a proxy server. SOCKS5, if supported, additionally provides authentication so only authorized users may access a server.
static VALUE
socks_init(VALUE sock, VALUE host, VALUE port)
{
static int init = 0;
if (init == 0) {
char progname[] = "ruby";
SOCKSinit(progname);
init = 1;
}
return rsock_init_inetsock(sock, host, port, Qnil, Qnil, INET_SOCKS, Qnil, Qnil, Qnil, Qfalse, Qnil);
} Opens a SOCKS connection to host via the SOCKS server.
The SOCKS server configuration varies by implementation
When using the Dante libsocks/libsocksd implementation it is configured as SOCKS_SERVER env var.
See: manpages.debian.org/testing/dante-client/socksify.1.en.html for full env variable support.
static VALUE
socks_s_close(VALUE sock)
{
rb_io_t *fptr;
GetOpenFile(sock, fptr);
shutdown(fptr->fd, SHUT_RDWR);
return rb_io_close(sock);
} Closes the SOCKS connection.
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