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diff --git a/socks-extensions.txt b/socks-extensions.txt index d2c68f1..ab37670 100644 --- a/socks-extensions.txt +++ b/socks-extensions.txt @@ -26,18 +26,21 @@ Tor's extensions to the SOCKS protocol - The BIND command is not supported. SOCKS4,4A: - - SOCKS4 usernames are ignored. + - SOCKS4 usernames are used to implement stream isolation. SOCKS5: - The (SOCKS5) "UDP ASSOCIATE" command is not supported. - IPv6 is not supported in CONNECT commands. - The "NO AUTHENTICATION REQUIRED" (SOCKS5) authentication method [00] is supported; and as of Tor 0.2.3.2-alpha, the "USERNAME/PASSWORD" (SOCKS5) - authentication method [02] is supported too. Any credentials passed to - the latter are ignored. As an extension to support some broken clients, + authentication method [02] is supported too, and used as a method to + implement stream isolation. As an extension to support some broken clients, we allow clients to pass "USERNAME/PASSWORD" authentication to us even if no authentication was selected. + (For more information on stream isolation, see IsolateSOCKSAuth on the Tor + manpage.) + 2. Name lookup As an extension to SOCKS4A and SOCKS5, Tor implements a new command value, |