tsocks: SOCKS (SOCKS servers) tsocks: tsocks: SOCKS servers are a form of proxy that are commonly used in firewalled tsocks: LAN environments to allow access between networks, and often to the tsocks: Internet. The problem is that most applications don't know how to gain tsocks: access through SOCKS servers. This means that network based applications tsocks: that don't understand SOCKS are very limited in networks they can tsocks: reach. tsocks: tsocks: tsocks: