SOCKS5 ↔ Network Protocol to route packets through Proxy + optional Auth

Source: datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1928

aka SOCKS

SOCKS4

Socksifier

Program to allow App to access network

Source: github.com/shadowsocks/

SOCKS5 is update ver of SOCKS

References

1. Shadowsocks ↔ Client to route traffic through SOCKS5 Proxy. FOSS. not dead?