JurikSoft Socks Proxy Provider is a .NET component with a set of methods, which allow connection to a certain TCP/IP server through Socks Proxy Server. The connection is available through Socks Proxy versions 4, 4a, 5. When using JurikSoft Socks Proxy Provider when connecting through Socks Proxy servers versions 4a and 5 you may indicate the name of computer or domain as a Host. JurikSoft Socks Proxy Provider can establish connection with an authentication feature with Socks version 5 using “ClearText” method. There is also a possibility to set time-out when connecting to a certain server through Socks Proxy Server. JurikSoft Socks Proxy Provider is a .NET DLL library which is very easy to use. You will need to change not more than 4 or 5 lines of source code. The Main Point: when using JurikSoft Socks Proxy Provider you will not need to inherit SocksProxyProvider class, which is a great plus for .NET languages as they do not support Multiple inheritance of classes. You will have to call just one method, using as one of parameters Socket or TcpClient object. The selected object will be connected to a certain host and will be initialized in case of necessity. This .NET component was developed using .NET Framework versions 1.1 and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003.