Environment: Windows NT/2000/XP–> Introduction The SOCKS firewall is a program that is capable of secured proxying, being compatible with various authentcation levels. However, as described in RFC 1928, there is currently only basic authentication. In this conspect, we will try to compose the SOCKS model for proper implementation of firewall architecture design for both current standard and further developing. Development Figure 1 shows the hierarchy of SOCKS implementation.
