[Psi-devel] socks4(a) support

[Hal Rottenberg]

wow, I had no idea it was in use to any great degree if at all!  I
mean when was the last time you used Netscape v3 to browse the web?
but I understand you aren't in the position to pick and choose.  I
assume you have tried socksifying Psi (not using the internal V5 code)
and for some reason couldn't get it to work?



On 11/8/06, lilliput Fab <psi at saycure.com> wrote:
> I agree, I had the same pb as Matthias, back a year ago I could not
> use psi because of that.
> The socksv4 protocol is really simple and should not be more difficult
> than the HTTP  proxy. And as you said socksv4 is an old protocol ..
> and unfortunatly over used out there.
>
> It is not *THE* killer functionnality but it will allow psi to be 4x4
> on all the network.
>
> Fabien
>
> On 11/8/06, matthias sweertvaegher <gmatti3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:27:40 +0100, Hal Rottenberg <halr9000 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > can you give a compelling reason to add support for an older version
> > > of a protocol for which we already support?  doesn't make sense to me.
> >
> > a v5 client is not downwards compatible. It's not because you support v5
> > that
> > people _stuck_ with a v4 server are helped out. On a lot of intranets
> there
> > is still only a socks4 server available. Since most of the times there
> > is a strict policy, you as small user can't convince a company to upgrade
> > to another socks server. On the forum I have seen similar requests for
> > socks4 support. Most users don't complain, but use another client instead.
> > That's what I did actually. At work I use Gaim, at home Psi. But I guess
> > most users would choose to go with one app and stick with for example
> Gaim.
> >
> > btw, this was after I tried the HTTP Connect which demands the
> > jabberserver to set its ports to allowed ports by the web proxy (being
> > only 80 and 443 for example!). Most of the times, you don't have the
> luxury
> > of changing the ports of a jabber server ;) Even then, it's problematic.
> >
> > I believe, if you want people to use your client, you can't make them
> > install an external socksclient. It's like releasing a web browser
> > without proxy support.
> >
> > Why limit the choices? Why scare off potential new users? It's not
> > that Psi would get bloated by this really small addition..
> >
> > Other clients support it too. And the reason they support it, is not
> > because socks v5 did not exist at that time ;)
> >
> > I hope it makes a little bit more sense to you now? :)
> >
> > greets
> > matthias
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