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NAME
dante.conf - socks client configuration file syntax
DESCRIPTION
The configuration file for the socks client library allow control over
logging and server selection. It is divided into two parts, miscella-
neous settings and routes. A line can be commented using the standard
comment character #.
FORMAT
The miscellaneous settings have a keyword followed by a colon and the
value.
debug Setting this field to 1 turns on debugging.
logoutput
This value controls where the sends logoutput. It can be either
syslog, stdout, stderr, a filename, or a combination.
resolveprotocol
The protocol used to resolve hostnames. Valid values are udp
(default), tcp and fake.
ROUTES The routes are specified with a route keyword. Inside a pair of
parens ({}) a set of keywords control the behavior of the route.
Each route can contain three address specifications; from, to
and via. A route is selected for a connection based on the val-
ues within the route block. The route block can contain the
following:
ADDRESSES
Each address field can consist of a ipaddress (and where mean-
ingful, a netmask, separated from the ipaddress by a '/' sign.),
a hostname, or a domainname (designated by the leading '.').
Each address can be followed by a optional port specifier.
from The route is used only by requests coming from the address given
as value.
to The route is used only by requests going to the address given as
value.
via Address of socks server to be used for the connection.
port Parameter to from, to and via. Accepts the keywords eq/=,
neq/!=, ge/>=, le/<=, gt/>, lt/< followed by a number. A por-
trange can also be given as "port <start #> - <end #>", which
will match all port numbers within the range <start #> and <end
#>.
command
The server supports the given commands. Valid commands are
bind, bindreply, connect, udpassociate and udpreply. and udpre-
ply. Can be used instead of, or to complement, protocol.
method List of authentication methods the client supports and which to
offer the server. Currently supported values are none and user-
name.
protocol
The protocols the server supports. Supported values are tcp and
udp.
proxyprotocol
The proxy protocols the server supports. Currently supported
values are socks_v4, socks_v5, msproxy_v2, and http_v1.0.
EXAMPLES
See the example directory in the distribution.
ENVIRONMENT
SOCKS_USERNAME Use SOCKS_USERNAME as the username when doing username
authentication.
FILES
/etc/dante.conf
AUTHORS
For Inferno Nettverk A/S, Norway:
Michael Shuldman <michaels@inet.no>: Design and implementation.
Karl-Andre' Skevik <karls@inet.no>: Autoconf and porting.
SEE ALSO
danted(8) danted.conf(5) Information about new releases and other
related issues can be found on the Dante WWW home page at
http://www.inet.no/dante.
BUGS
See the accompanying BUGS file. New ones should be reported to
dante-bugs@inet.no.
February 17, 2001 DANTE.CONF(5)
