wok annotate antinat/description.txt @ rev 24669

updated inxi (3.0.37 -> 3.3.13)
author Hans-G?nter Theisgen
date Fri Mar 11 16:49:52 2022 +0100 (2022-03-11)
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hackdorte@20007 1 Antinat is a flexible SOCKS server and client library for writing proxy-based
hackdorte@20007 2 applications. It supports SOCKS 4, SOCKS 4a, SOCKS 5, authentication, CHAP,
hackdorte@20007 3 XML firewalling, Win32, server chaining, and UDP. It also contains very
hackdorte@20007 4 experimental IPv6 support.
hackdorte@20007 5
hackdorte@20007 6 SOCKS can be used to overcome some limitations of NAT, including facilites
hackdorte@20007 7 for allowing connectbacks and server-side DNS. Antinat aims to be fully
hackdorte@20007 8 standards compliant, feature rich, and have a solid API for writing
hackdorte@20007 9 standards-compliant client applications.
hackdorte@20007 10
hackdorte@20007 11 Connections are filtered by applying XML rules, which allow for very
hackdorte@20007 12 fine-grained control. You can filter out on the basis of addresses, ports,
hackdorte@20007 13 users, socks version, the operation requested, how the user was
hackdorte@20007 14 authenticated, and where user credentials came from.
hackdorte@20007 15
hackdorte@20007 16 Note: Antinat is not malware! Antinat, like any SOCKS server, enables you to
hackdorte@20007 17 traverse network boundaries once you have access to a machine. Whether this
hackdorte@20007 18 is malicious or not depends on who installed and configured the software. If
hackdorte@20007 19 you're on this website looking to install and configure this software, that
hackdorte@20007 20 means it's no more malicious than you.
hackdorte@20007 21
hackdorte@20007 22 Standard free software disclaimer: find a bug? Let us know. Want a feature?
hackdorte@20007 23 Let us know. Patches are preferred to feedback, feedback is preferred to
hackdorte@20007 24 nothing. We can't read your mind. We can't. Honest.