Re: Putty: Release 0.54 does not work with SOCKS5 server

From: Jacob Nevins (jacobn_at_chiark.greenend.org.uk)
Date: 02/25/04


Date: 25 Feb 2004 10:29:21 +0000 (GMT)

Mariusz Lisowski <sq1bvn@wp.pl> writes:
>I have got little Linux server with work services: SSH, SOCKS5,
>Samba, FTP and SMTP gate. I'm interested in lately added last support
>SOCKS5 connections in putty.
>I try to run it, but putty returns me message: "Proxy error: SOCKS
>password subnegotiation contained wrong version number." and that is
>all.

Taking the message at face value, this means that PuTTY is seeing a
version number in the subnegotiation that is not specified in RFC1929
(which specifies SOCKS5 password auth with a version number of 1). In
which case,

It's possible that PuTTY is mistaken, however. I haven't looked into
this possibility.

I'm not sure how we can distinguish these, unless you can get a
tcpdump of the relevant bit of proxy negotiation to us.

What is your SOCKS5 server?

>I checked SOCKS5 server with Total Commander release 5.51 and it
>works correctly. In this one was implemented SOCKS5 support for FTP
>connections and it works without any problems.
>
>SSH clients which are installed in local Linux system connect with it
>too.

These clients are all using SOCKS5 with password authentication?

Are any of them things that we can look at the source for? (We'd need
to know which version.)

>Second question,
>are you interested in internationalization of putty ?

In principle, but some design & infrastructure work has to be done
before we can accept translations.
<http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/i18n.html>

>Third question,
>Do you think of adding to putty support X clients, eg. KDE ?

We already support X11 forwarding. If you are asking us to implement
an X _server_, then emphatically no.

>Now cygwin project does it, but it is very big application
>and installation and this is very complicated for users.
>
>In practice simlpe X-server application will be good
>in local natwork.It will be easy in configuration and easy
>in using and stable in work - as putty.

Erm, X servers are big and complicated because the X protocol is big
and complicated. (IMO)



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