You’re spot on! The socks protocol is like a dumb pipe—it just forwards stuff without caring what’s inside.
The downside? It’s dumb. No caching, no filtering, nada. And yeah, SOCKS5 is better ’cause it does UDP, but still, it’s not a VPN.
For tools, try FoxyProxy (browser extension) or just configure your torrent client to use a SOCKS5 proxy.
And lol, no clue about the name. Maybe the dev had cold feet?
The downside? It’s dumb. No caching, no filtering, nada. And yeah, SOCKS5 is better ’cause it does UDP, but still, it’s not a VPN.
For tools, try FoxyProxy (browser extension) or just configure your torrent client to use a SOCKS5 proxy.
And lol, no clue about the name. Maybe the dev had cold feet?