i2pplus

SOCKS (socks/)

SOCKS 4/4a/5 protocol implementation: client and server support for routing TCP connections through I2P. Extracted from the i2ptunnel package in 0.9.33 for reuse across I2P applications, including SSLEepGet.

How It Works

The SOCKS clients (SOCKS4Client, SOCKS5Client) open a TCP connection to a SOCKS proxy, perform the version-specific handshake and (for SOCKS5) authentication, then relay a requested destination to the proxy for tunneling. SOCKS5Constants and SOCKS4Constants define the protocol’s method, command, reply, and address-type bytes.

Key Classes

Class	Purpose
SOCKS4Client	SOCKS 4/4a client handshake and relay
SOCKS5Client	SOCKS 5 client handshake, auth, and relay
SOCKS4Constants	SOCKS 4 protocol constants
SOCKS5Constants	SOCKS 5 protocol constants
SOCKSException	Base exception for SOCKS protocol errors

Docs

• package.html — canonical package description
• core/java/src/net/i2p/README.md — core source map
• Higher-level tunnel management: net.i2p.i2ptunnel