Introducing ComSocks Proxy Server

It is the only software that features HTTP, NAT, SOCKS 4/5 server, DNS server, Telnet, FTP, POP3 and SMTP email, RealAudio, Port Mapping, VPN(PPTP and IPSec), DHCP server and Dial-Up remote control together yet with sufficient simplicity for ALL Windows platform. With the NAT technology, there is virtually no setup requirements for most of Internet software.

ComSocks can be used in your home, small business, even in an enterprise company. After you install and start running ComSocks from one of your computers which connects direct to the Internet , all other computers will share the same connection by TCP/IP, thus your computer becomes a gateway between the Internet and your local network. Since the gateway machine acts as a firewall by only opening a few well-known ports, no other users on Internet can access your LAN, thus ComSocks protects you from the attack of Internet hackers. You don't have to use this gateway exclusively for ComSocks, you can run other software applications on this host because all the connection traffics are in the background.

ComSocks supports DNS request routing for your local network. It is very likely that your ISP (Internet Service provider) has provided DNS (Domain Name Service) to you, so that an alpha-numeric web address (e.g. www.yahoo.com) can be translated to a pure numeric IP address (e.g. 204.71.200.75). This is required by some Internet applications. ComSocks automatically routes all those requests to your default DNS server or any other DNS servers ComSocks can find (up to three external DNS servers). In most cases, you may let ComSocks directly resolve your DNS requests or broadcast them without specifying the DNS server name.

ComSocks version 3.0 has added a lot of new features to the previous version 2.65. The major thing is NAT. NAT not only eases the configuration of Internet software in the client hosts, it also improves the performance of the Internet sharing.

1. support MS Netmeeting 3.01 ( you can call-out on any client host. However, you may need to specify the destination IP address in the Netmeeting. You should exchange your IP address information with your party in the MSN text messages. Netmeeting running on the gateway itself should be ok. )
2. flexible and better dialing control(maintain a connection or restrict a connection)
3. indication of connection status at the status bar
4. individually enable/disable PPTP VPN, IPSEC VPN, Game Zone, etc...
5. change the splash window

Release v3.06/3.06a build 4:

1. completely support Windows Millennium
2. support IPSec VPN clients(v3.06a and above, tested with Nortel Extranet Access Client v02_62.33).
3. improve the routing performance (NAT) by at least 20% (build 1 and above).
4. fix a driver compatability problem with Windows 2000 SP2
5. fix a problem with outbound gateway MAC address auto-detection.
6. add an uninstallation icon into the program folder

Release v3.05/3.05a build 1:

1. partially support Windows Millennium (except NAT for dial-up networking).
2. improve the setup wizard.
3. save the manager window position and the size when exiting.
4. minor bug fixing

Release v3.04/v3.04a build 1:

1. support Windows 2000(all version) .

Release v3.03a build 1 :

1. add VPN (MS PPTP) support. You can run MS VPN client from behind Comsocks proxy server.

Release v3.02 build 1 :

1. fix a minor problem with enabling NAT in some Windows 9x platform

Release v3.01 :

1. Support DialPad
2. Test with a lot of games, including Starcraft, Quake 3, Unreal Tournament, Half-Life
3. Test with Napster
4. Test with pcAnywhere host and client
5. Test with MS Chat
6. Test with Yahoo Chat
7. Test with ICQ2000
8. Test with RealPlayer 8
9. Add buffer congestion control
10. Add "Any IP" port mapping

Release v3.00 :

1. NAT (Network Address Translator)
2. Reverse DNS (PTR)
3. Configuration Wizard
4. Allow Ping to the Internet

Release v2.65 build 6:

1. Windows NT and 95/98 Service
2. Keep Dialup Connection Alive
3. Improve Logging Format
4. Maximum Simultaneous Connections
5. Resizable Property Page
6. DNS Caching (reduce DNS response time>
7. DHCP Server (only available in the Plus version v2.65a)

Release v2.64:

1. fix some web page loading problems
2. support CERN FTP (Norton LiveUpdate)
3. support FTP server behind the firewall
4. fix a login problem with some FTP server sites.
5. remind enabling the daemon or port mapping service after the configuration
6. fix the license problem with related to run a web server behind the firewall

Release v2.63:

1. auto-disconnect dial-up networking
2. auto-check a newer version
3. fix a UDP port mapping problem
4. fix a bug relating to save daemon and port mapping information on NT
5. revise the help file and add a troubleshooting chapter
6. no need to install RAS in Windows NT if you don't use dial-up networking
7. support HTTP 1.1 proxy
8. fix a bug with a very long URL
9. verify license key once entering and no need to restart ComSocks
10. add a menu item to open the HOSTS file
11. add a option to disable Dial-On-Demand for DNS requests
12. support hotmail account within OutLook Express 5

Version 2.6 New Features

Version 2.5 Features

Version 2.0 Key Features

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