socks

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

SOCKS

   <security> A security package that allows a {host} behind a
   {firewall} to use {finger}, {FTP}, {telnet}, {Gopher}, and
   {Mosaic} to access resources outside the firewall while
   maintaining the security requirements.

   [The Security FAQ, {Usenet} newsgroups
   news:comp.security.misc, news:comp.security.unix,
   news:alt.security].

   (1995-01-31)