Re: SOCKS and Kernel

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> On Sun, 5 Oct 1997, Tycho Fruru wrote:
>
> > I haven't got very much experience with socks, but IMHO this could be
> > better handled in a library.
>
> But Tycho, wouldn't it require recompilation ?

Not if the application was dynamically linked (with the C library).The only
commercial Linux app I've seen (Wabi) is linked dynamically.

This trick can also be used to replace other libc functions (like malloc).
This is used in practice to get netscape 3.0 browsers working since they have
malloc/free bugs which used to work on older libc but not anymore with recent
ones.

> I want application to be
> transparent. Not sure, but may be your suggestion can be worked out.

Regards,Tycho

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