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SOCKD(8)		     System Manager's Manual			SOCKD(8)

NAME
     sockd - network proxyserver

SYNOPSIS
     sockd [-DLVdhnv] [-N number] [-f file] [-p file]

DESCRIPTION
     Dante  implements the socks standard and can function as a firewall between
     networks.

     Dante relays TCP and UDP both from outside the network and in, and from in-
     side and out.

     The options are as follows:

     -D     Dante will detach from the controlling terminal and run in the back-
	    ground as a system daemon.

     -L     Displays the license Dante comes under.

     -Nnumber
	    Dante will fork of number "main servers" when starting.  This can be
	    used for servers that are extremely busy, or  to  provide  a  (very)
	    poor  mans	redundancy  setup, as Dante will try to make these "main
	    servers" as independent of each others as possible.  It is	unlikely
	    that  setting this number to anything higher than the number of CPUs
	    will improve performance.

     -V     Verifies config file and exits.

     -dnumber
	    Sets the level of debugging, zero to disable.

     -ffile
	    Dante will read its configuration from file.

     -h     Shows the currently valid options.

     -n     Disables TCP keep-alive messages.  Normally Dante enables TCP  keep-
	    alive  messages  so that connections from machines that have crashed
	    or for other reasons no longer can be reached time out.   Note  that
	    this  can  take  several  hours.   See  also the "timeout" option in
	    sockd.conf(5).

     -pfile
	    Dante will write the pid of the main process to this file.	file.

     -v     Displays Dante version.

SIGNALS
     SIGHUP
	    Reload the configuration file.  Will also reopen logfiles.

     SIGINFO/SIGUSR1
	    Print some information about the servers current state and clients.

ENVIRONMENT
     TMPDIR
	    Use TMPDIR for temporary files.  Dante will use this  directory  for
	    lockfiles and memory-mapped files.	It is recommended that TMPDIR be
	    set  to a (local) filesystem with low latency.  The directory should
	    have read/write/execute permission by both the  privileged	and  un-
	    privileged	userid	(as  specified in /etc/sockd.conf), but no other
	    non-privileged users.

FILES
     /etc/sockd.conf
	    Dante server configuration file.

AUTHORS
     For inferno Nettverk A/S:
	Michael Shuldman
	Karl-Andre' Skevik

SEE ALSO
     socks.conf(5), sockd.conf(5)

     Information about new releases and other related issues can be found on the
     Dante WWW home page: http://www.inet.no/dante/

     Information about commercial support can be found on the Dante WWW  support
     page: http://www.inet.no/dante/support.html

BUGS
     See   the	 accompanying  BUGS  file.   New  ones	should	be  reported  to
     dante-bugs@inet.no.

				  July 29 2013				SOCKD(8)

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