4.5 SOCKS Proxy

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Section 2.2.6 includes examples of messages exchanged between the client and the SOCKS[RFC1928] proxy. After the SOCKS proxy successfully creates a connection with the relay, the Application-Data (see section 2.2.1.1.4) can be exchanged transparently to the SOCKS proxy as graphically represented in the following diagram.

Client to relay message flow through a SOCKS proxy

Figure 30: Client to relay message flow through a SOCKS proxy