AW: AW: Patch for Socks5 support for dynamic portforwaring?

[Alex Peuchert]

right, but Markus removed the SOCKS5 code in revision 1.109 from channels.c
... saying that it bloads ssh

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Dan Kaminsky [mailto:dan at doxpara.com]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. Juni 2003 10:28
> An: Alex Peuchert
> Cc: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
> Betreff: Re: AW: Patch for Socks5 support for dynamic portforwaring?
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> >Well, if ssocks would be a part of the openssh distribution than
> you don't
> >have to install any software on the remote side.
> >
> >
> Right now there's _zero_ code for any of this in the server.  It's
> completely unnecessary -- the protocol and the server code are flexible
> enough to do support all sorts of interesting applications with but
> miniscule modifications on the client side.
>
> Why create unnecessary complexity?  A slight patch to the client --
> that's already been written -- is all I'm arguing for.
>
> --Dan
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