From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 3 21:42:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6183E37B408 for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 21:42:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f844fK703616; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 21:41:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Stephen Hurd" , "Max Clements" , Subject: RE: Socks 5 Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 21:41:20 -0700 Message-ID: <005101c134fb$d796bb60$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Stephen Hurd >Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 2:23 AM >To: Max Clements; questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: RE: Socks 5 > > >> Does anyone have any comments on a suitable socks 5 proxy for BSD? > >I used the good old-fashioned /usr/ports/net/socks5 for quite some time and >it worked great for me... one possible hitch is: > >WARNING: Commercial use and distribution of this software requires a license > from NEC corporation. > >Not sure exactly what they mean by "Commercial Use" or how much a license >is, but it served me well. > It means that if your a consultant then someone cannot pay you to download it and install it on customer systems. Also, you obviously cannot download and sell it. However, if you read the fine print of the license, it's interpretable to mean that it's OK to use in the commercial or non-commercial organization that you are a member or an employee of. Basically, what NEC is saying is that if there's any money to be made off this thing, they want to be the ones making it. ;-) Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message