Rconnect()

Initiate a connection on a socket (via a SOCKS server)

Synopsis:

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>

int Rconnect( int s, 
              const struct sockaddr * name, 
              int namelen);

Library:

libsocks

Description:

The Rconnect() function is a cover function for connect() -- the difference is that Rconnect() does its job via a SOCKS server.

For more information about SOCKS and its libraries, see Appendix A: SOCKS -- A Basic Firewall.

Returns:

0

Success.

-1

An error occurred (errno is set).

Classification:

SOCKS

See also:

connect()

Appendix A: SOCKS -- A Basic Firewall