Yeah, you got the gist of it! The socks protocol is like a universal proxy—it doesn’t care what kind of traffic you throw at it.
The catch? Speed. Since it’s tunneling everything, it can slow things down depending on the server. Also, SOCKS5 is more secure but still doesn’t encrypt your data like a VPN would.
Btw, the name? No clue about footwear lol, but it stands for "Socket Secure."
If you wanna test it out, tools like Proxifier or Shadowsocks are great for routing traffic through a socks proxy.
The catch? Speed. Since it’s tunneling everything, it can slow things down depending on the server. Also, SOCKS5 is more secure but still doesn’t encrypt your data like a VPN would.
Btw, the name? No clue about footwear lol, but it stands for "Socket Secure."
If you wanna test it out, tools like Proxifier or Shadowsocks are great for routing traffic through a socks proxy.