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		pcthrowaway on Aug 11, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tailscale vs. Narrowlink Isn't SOCKS typically tunneling TCP over TCP? SOCKS has been rock solid for me And on the other hand, HTTP/S is often using UDP for the transport now

wmf on Aug 11, 2023 [–]

No, because SOCKS terminates the "inner" TCP connection at the proxy.

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