I have do some analysis on socks proxy code, It is a very simple ProxySM.
It is a good start for a newbie to be a ATS developer.

Why do we remove it if it doesn't bother us.

Currently, I'm rewriting it into SocksProfileSM to verify the design of
ProfileSM.

I draw two diagrams of socks proxy functions.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6FSuL4tHtSHb2o2dnNTdXNMN0E
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6FSuL4tHtSHTDFESl9RWmNjQkU


2016-08-22 22:38 GMT+08:00 James Peach <jpe...@apache.org>:

>
> > On Aug 22, 2016, at 3:40 AM, Chao Xu <xuc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The Socks Proxy feature is used to route HTTP request in socks request to
> > HttpSM and Tunnel non-Http request to Socks Server.
> >
> > It is a Socks Proxy and it is NOT the replacement of Socks Server.
>
> I've never heard on anyone even trying to use our Socks code, but maybe we
> should take some extra time to study it. Do you think there is value in
> keeping it?
>
> > 2016-08-21 10:04 GMT+08:00 James Peach <jpe...@apache.org>:
> >
> >>
> >>> On Aug 19, 2016, at 11:33 AM, Bryan Call <bc...@apache.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> There are a few features we are looking to remove in the ATS 7.0.0
> >> release.  If you are using these features and require them, please
> respond
> >> to this email.  We also need to have people that are willing to invest
> time
> >> and fix some of the bugs for these features.   Your feedback is very
> >> important!
> >>>
> >>> SOCKS is a feature that hasn’t had a lot of usage and support on it.
> It
> >> would be helpful to know who is using it and willing to fix bugs on it.
> >>>
> >>> The proposal is to remove the configurations options, statistics, and
> >> code for SOCKS.
> >>
> >> +1 I don’t think anyone is getting much value out of our SOCKS code.
> >>
> >> J
>
>

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