Class: SOCKSSocket
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| Inherits: | TCPSocket 
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| Defined in: | ext/socket/sockssocket.c | 
Overview
SOCKS is an Internet protocol that routes packets between a client and a server through a proxy server. SOCKS5, if supported, additionally provides authentication so only authorized users may access a server.
Class Attribute Summary
::BasicSocket - Inherited
| .do_not_reverse_lookup | Gets the global do_not_reverse_lookup flag. | 
| .do_not_reverse_lookup= | Sets the global do_not_reverse_lookup flag. | 
Class Method Summary
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      .new(host, serv)  ⇒ socket 
    
    constructor
    Opens a SOCKS connection to hostvia the SOCKS serverserv.
::TCPSocket - Inherited
| .gethostbyname | Lookups host information by hostname. | 
| .new | Opens a TCP connection to  | 
::IPSocket - Inherited
| .getaddress | Lookups the IP address of host. | 
::BasicSocket - Inherited
| .for_fd | Returns a socket object which contains the file descriptor, fd. | 
Instance Attribute Summary
::BasicSocket - Inherited
| #do_not_reverse_lookup | Gets the do_not_reverse_lookup flag of basicsocket. | 
| #do_not_reverse_lookup= | Sets the do_not_reverse_lookup flag of basicsocket. | 
Instance Method Summary
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      #close  
    
    Closes the SOCKS connection. 
::IPSocket - Inherited
| #addr | Returns the local address as an array which contains address_family, port, hostname and numeric_address. | 
| #peeraddr | Returns the remote address as an array which contains address_family, port, hostname and numeric_address. | 
| #recvfrom | Receives a message and return the message as a string and an address which the message come from. | 
::BasicSocket - Inherited
| #close_read | Disallows further read using shutdown system call. | 
| #close_write | Disallows further write using shutdown system call. | 
| #connect_address | Returns an address of the socket suitable for connect in the local machine. | 
| #getpeereid | Returns the user and group on the peer of the UNIX socket. | 
| #getpeername | Returns the remote address of the socket as a sockaddr string. | 
| #getsockname | Returns the local address of the socket as a sockaddr string. | 
| #getsockopt | Gets a socket option. | 
| #local_address | Returns an ::Addrinfo object for local address obtained by getsockname. | 
| #recv | Receives a message. | 
| #recv_nonblock | Receives up to maxlen bytes from  | 
| #recvmsg | recvmsg receives a message using recvmsg(2) system call in blocking manner. | 
| #recvmsg_nonblock | recvmsg receives a message using recvmsg(2) system call in non-blocking manner. | 
| #remote_address | Returns an ::Addrinfo object for remote address obtained by getpeername. | 
| #send | send mesg via basicsocket. | 
| #sendmsg | sendmsg sends a message using sendmsg(2) system call in blocking manner. | 
| #sendmsg_nonblock | sendmsg_nonblock sends a message using sendmsg(2) system call in non-blocking manner. | 
| #setsockopt | Sets a socket option. | 
| #shutdown | Calls shutdown(2) system call. | 
| #__recvmsg, #__recvmsg_nonblock, #__sendmsg, #__sendmsg_nonblock | |
Constructor Details
    .new(host, serv)  ⇒ socket   
Opens a SOCKS connection to host via the SOCKS server serv.
Instance Method Details
#close
Closes the SOCKS connection.