Due to the increasing number of online threats and spying activities we face today, we are continuously flooded with a number of applications, designed for saving our backs from these attacks. These applications exploit various available technologies such as IP masking, proxies, blocking suspicious network activities by firewalls and antivirus programs etc. A hacker usually tries to penetrate various layers of network security layers for knowing the target’s correct IP (Internet Protocol) address. It eventually gives rise to the requirement of a utility, capable of increasing the number of these security layers within a network as well as their overall effectiveness. SocksChain v.4.208 provides a smart solution to this problem.

SocksChain v.4.208 by UlfaSoft is a shareware program that works on the concept of multiple proxies. Each proxy acts as an intermediary in the line of networks. Basically, it hides the actual I.P. address of the user’s computer by creating a chain of SOCKS or HTTP proxies in the network. The program has a simplified interface that facilitates the user with ease of use. With the help of this application, it becomes even more difficult for the spying entity to know your real IP address as you are connected online through multiple proxies. It functions as a usual SOCKS server that creates connections involving a number of proxies in between user and the main web server. Its main advantage is that it does not necessarily require client program to support SOCKS protocol. The client program that supports one TCP connection like IRC, TELNET, HTTP is compatible with this program. Thus your actual IP address will not be logged in mail headers or any server’s logs.

To sum it up, SocksChain is a nice and easy to use utility which employs a full-proof method for securing your real IP as there are multiple proxies acting in the network layer. It has a different approach of hiding IP address than the traditional IP maskers. Hence, it receives a score of four rating points on the scale of five.