Class: Net::SSH::Proxy::SOCKS4

Class | Net::SSH::Proxy::SOCKS4
In: | lib/net/ssh/proxy/socks4.rb
Parent: | Object

An implementation of a SOCKS4 proxy. To use it, instantiate it, then pass the instantiated object via the :proxy key to Net::SSH.start:

      require 'net/ssh/proxy/socks4'

      proxy = Net::SSH::Proxy::SOCKS4.new('proxy.host', proxy_port, :user => 'user')
      Net::SSH.start('host', 'user', :proxy => proxy) do |ssh|
        ...
      end

### Methods

new open

### Constants

VERSION | = | 4 |  | The SOCKS protocol version used by this class
CONNECT | = | 1 |  | The packet type for connection requests
GRANTED | = | 90 |  | The status code for a successful connection

### Attributes

options | [R] | The additional options that were given to the proxy‘s constructor.
proxy_host | [R] | The proxy‘s host name or IP address, as given to the constructor.
proxy_port | [R] | The proxy‘s port number.

### Public Class methods

new(proxy_host, proxy_port=1080, options={})

Create a new proxy connection to the given proxy host and port. Optionally, a :user key may be given to identify the username with which to authenticate.

### Public Instance methods

open(host, port)

Return a new socket connected to the given host and port via the proxy that was requested when the socket factory was instantiated.

[Validate]