socks 5

[surfmore]

Hi,

This is probably a stupid newbie questions for you guys, but what is the usage of socks 5?

I use html private proxies and never needed to use this socks 5 proxies, but I see a lot of people using them.

Thanks.

Felipe

 

[bill]

socks5 is just another type of proxy.

 

[surfmore]

thanks bill, i know that. But is it better for what kind of usage?

 

[rostonix]

http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/proxies/332210-socks-vs-http-proxies.html

 

[surfmore]

thanks!