From 27c1cc4148ed61a32edfdd6e6e3562da7be7bf44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabian Keil Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 19:15:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - Mention forward-socks5. - Shorten some lines in the forward section. - Fix forward port range. --- doc/source/p-config.sgml | 24 +++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/source/p-config.sgml b/doc/source/p-config.sgml index 2eba9a1b..2a908430 100644 --- a/doc/source/p-config.sgml +++ b/doc/source/p-config.sgml @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Purpose : Used with other docs and files only. - $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.26 2007/12/16 15:49:24 fabiankeil Exp $ + $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.27 2008/01/17 01:49:51 hal9 Exp $ Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/ See LICENSE. @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Sample Configuration File for Privoxy v&p-version; - $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.26 2007/12/16 15:49:24 fabiankeil Exp $ + $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.27 2008/01/17 01:49:51 hal9 Exp $ Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/ @@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@ ACLs: permit-access and deny-access -forward-socks4 and forward-socks4a +forward-socks4, forward-socks4a and forward-socks5 @@ -1919,13 +1919,16 @@ forward-socks4 and forward-socks4a http_parent[:port] - where target_pattern is a URL pattern - that specifies to which requests (i.e. URLs) this forward rule shall apply. Use / to - denote all URLs. - http_parent and socks_proxy - are IP addresses in dotted decimal notation or valid DNS names (http_parent + where target_pattern is a + URL pattern that specifies to which + requests (i.e. URLs) this forward rule shall apply. Use / to + denote all URLs. http_parent + and socks_proxy + are IP addresses in dotted decimal notation or valid DNS names + (http_parent may be . to denote no HTTP forwarding), and the optional - port parameters are TCP ports, i.e. integer values from 1 to 64535 + port parameters are TCP ports, + i.e. integer values from 1 to 65535 @@ -1954,6 +1957,9 @@ forward-socks4 and forward-socks4a is that in the SOCKS 4A protocol, the DNS resolution of the target hostname happens on the SOCKS server, while in SOCKS 4 it happens locally. + + With forward-socks5 the DNS resolution will happen on the remote server as well. + If http_parent is ., then requests are not forwarded to another HTTP proxy but are made (HTTP-wise) directly to the web servers, albeit through -- 2.39.2