Re: net for dummies ? -- socks4 vs socks5 vs http-tunneling

Jimi.Dodge@GambroBCT.com (Jimi) wrote in message news:<88c4053e.0307161403.634d1e7c@posting.google. com>...
> Sorry for the "dummy" question. But can someone please explain to me
> (including technical details if possible) what exactly and how do
> SOCKS4, SOCKS5 and http-tunneling work?
>
> My understanding (most likely wrong) is that http-tunneling simply
> "packages" the data in a http friendly format so that firewall/proxy
> servers won't reject them. How does SOCKS differ from that?
>
> TIA

I think I answered my own question with some research from Google.
Http-tunneling is what I thought (packaging data with the http
protocol) through a proxy/firewall. Where SOCKS4/5 is an actual proxy
server itself (5 being the more secure of the two).