---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Long: socks5-gssapi-nec
Help: Compatibility with NEC SOCKS5 server
Added: 7.19.4
Category: proxy auth
Multi: boolean
See-also:
  - socks5
Example:
  - --socks5-gssapi-nec --socks5 hostname:4096 $URL
---

# `--socks5-gssapi-nec`

As part of the GSS-API negotiation a protection mode is negotiated. RFC 1961
says in section 4.3/4.4 it should be protected, but the NEC reference
implementation does not. The option --socks5-gssapi-nec allows the
unprotected exchange of the protection mode negotiation.
