On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 10:30:28PM +0200, Ralf Spenneberg wrote: > Circuit Relay operates on Application layer. A typical circuit relay is > socks. It just forwards connections. OK. I think we were talking about apples and oranges here. What you call a "Circuit Relay" is just an "Application Gateway" and has nothing to do with circuits ;-) I must keep up with the new jargon, I guess... But, having all these terminologies (which mostly is just a marketing attempt to make things more interesting) confuses me, when I read emails saying a "Circuit Relay" is a "bridge" or a "dumb proxy". Let's just call things uniquely what they are... We're not trying to sell something here, are we? Ramin