SOCKS METHODS The SOCKS Method is a 8-bit number used to identify the authentication method used with the SOCKS protocol [RFC1929]. These 256 values are assigned by the IANA and listed here. Number Description Decimal Hex --------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- 0 00 No Authentication Required [RFC1928] 1 01 GSSAPI [RFC1928] 2 02 Username/Password [RFC1929] 3 03 Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol [VanHeyningen] 5 05 Challenge-Response Authentication Method [VanHeyningen] 6 06 Secure Sockets Layer [VanHeyningen] 7 07 NDS Authentication [Talati] 8 08 Multi-Authentication Framework [Fritch] 9-127 09-7F IANA to assign 128-255 80-FE Private Methods [RFC1928] 255 FF No Acceptable Methods [RFC1928] DOCUMENTS [RFC1928] Leech, M., M. Ganis, Y. Lee, R. Kuris, D. Koblas, and L. Jones, "SOCKS Protocol Version 5", RFC 1928, Bell-Northern Research, International Business Machines, NEC Systems Laboratory, Unify Corporation, and Hewlett-Packard Company, Match 1996. [RFC1929] Leech, M., "Username/Password Authentication for SOCKS V5", RFC 1929, Bell-Northern Research, March 1996. PEOPLE [Fritch] Dan Fritch , August 1998. [Talati] Vijay Talati , December 1997. [VanHeyningen] Marc VanHeyningen, , July 1997. []