socks

2 definitions found

socks - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  SOCKS
  
     <security> A security package that allows a host behind a
     firewall to use finger, FTP, telnet, Gopher, and
     Mosaic to access resources outside the firewall while
     maintaining the security requirements.
  
     [The Security FAQ, Usenet newsgroups
     news:comp.security.misc, news:comp.security.unix,
     news:alt.security].
  
     (1995-01-31)
  

socks - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  SOCKS
         SOCKet Secure