SOCKS 4A and SOCKS 5 authentication

[h_c_a_andersen]

Hi

I'm implementing a .NET SOCKS module and using the WinGate trial for testing. It works fine for SOCKS 4 and SOCKS 5 with no authentication. However, I'm having trouble with SOCKS 4A and SOCKS 5 authentication, so...

1. Does WinGate support SOCKS 4A (see specification)?
2. Does WinGate support SOCKS 5 Username/Password authentication (i.e. RFC1929)? If so, how do I configure WinGate to use it?
3. Does WinGate support SOCKS 5 GSSAPI authentication (i.e. RFC1961)? If so, how do I configure WinGate to use it?

Thanks for helping me test my software. ;-)

Cheers
Hans Andersen (EDT)

[adrien]

Hi

1. No, WinGate does not support SOCKS 4A
2. Yes, WinGate does support RFC 1929 plaintext auth
3. No, WinGate does not support RFC 1961 GSSAPI auth

To get WinGate to use RFC1929, you need to

1. enable this support (under the advanced tab)
2. Create policies such that the users must be assumed. Since SOCKS5 plaintext auth is insecure, it only raises a user's security level to assumed, but in any case, auth will not be requested of a SOCKS client if that client is already assumed, or does not need to be (based on policy).

Adrien