NAME

       danted - network proxyserver

SYNOPSIS

       danted [-DLVdhnv] [-N number] [-f file]

DESCRIPTION

       Dante implements the socks standard and can function as a firewall between networks.

       Dante relays TCP and UDP both from outside the network and in, and from inside and out.

       The options are as follows:

       -D     Dante will detach from the controlling terminal and run in the background as a system daemon.

       -L     Displays the license Dante comes under.

       -Nnumber
              Dante will fork of number copies of itself when starting.  Can be used for very busy servers.

       -V     Verifies config file and exits.

       -d     Enables debugging.

       -ffile Dante will read its configuration from file.

       -h     Shows the currently valid options.

       -n     Disables  TCP  keep-alive  messages.   Normally  Dante  enables  TCP  keep-alive  messages so that
              connections from machines that have crashed or for other reasons no longer  can  be  reached  time
              out.

       -v     Displays Dante version.

ENVIRONMENT

       TMPDIR Use  TMPDIR  for temporary files.  Since Dante uses lockfiles it is recommended that TMPDIR be set
              to a (local) filesystem with low latency.

FILES

       /etc/danted.conf
              Dante server configuration file.

AUTHORS

       For Inferno Nettverk A/S, Norway:
        Michael Shuldman <michaels@inet.no>: Design and implementation.
        Karl-Andre' Skevik <karls@inet.no>: Autoconf and porting.

SEE ALSO

       dante.conf(5) danted.conf(5)

       Information about new releases and other related issues can be found  on  the  Dante  WWW  home  page  at
       http://www.inet.no/dante.

BUGS

       See the accompanying BUGS file.  New ones should be reported to dante-bugs@inet.no.

                                                  Feb 17, 2001                                         DANTED(8)