VSOCKS Light README ==================== VSOCKS Light is a simple, basic SOCKS firewall proxy server. Install it on a Windows 95/NT PC with a modem connection to the Internet, and a connection to your LAN and you can use the Internet from anywhere on your LAN (you need the TCP/IP protocol on your network). VSOCKS Light is FREE. It has only basic functionality, but it should be sufficient for a small/medium sized LAN. VSOCKS Light supports UNLIMITED connections. We will not be adding more functionality to VSOCKS Light (but we will fix bugs). We are currently designing 'VSOCKS Pro' which has more features, but isn't free. Technical support for VSOCKS Light is NOT available, except to registered owners of the VPOP3 email server software (see http://www.pscs.co.uk/software/vpop3.html) See the help file for instructions on installing the server & clients. Technical Info --------------- VSOCKS Light supports the SOCKS V4 protocol and is also a DNS gateway (and basic DNS server). VSOCKS Light ONLY supports the 'CONNECT' command of SOCKS V4, NOT the 'BIND' command. This means that it works fine for all outgoing connections, but will not allow incoming connections. VSOCKS Light does NOT support HTTP proxies or any other protocol specific proxies. The SOCKS protocol supports proxying of any TCP/IP protocol (including HTTP, FTP, POP3, SMTP, NNTP etc etc). ---------------- Licence & Other stuff --------------------- VSOCKS Light is NOT Public Domain, it is FREEWARE. This means that it belongs to us, but we grant you a free licence to use VSOCKS Light as a SOCKS firewall proxy. Any redistribution of VSOCKS Light must also contain this README.TXT file. VSOCKS.EXE and this README.TXT file must NOT be modified in any way. To contact the author for bug reports, email support@pscs.co.uk