Socks

2 definitions found

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SOCKS
       SOCKet Secure
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:



  SOCKS
       
           A security package that allows a {host} behind a
          {firewall} to use {finger}, {FTP}, {telnet}, {Gopher}, and
          {Mosaic} to access resources outside the firewall while
          maintaining the security requirements.
       
          [The Security FAQ, {Usenet} newsgroups
          {news:comp.security.misc}, {news:comp.security.unix},
          {news:alt.security}].
       
          (1995-01-31)