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3.9.1 SOCKS Client Abstract Data Model

This section specifies a conceptual model of possible data organization that an implementation maintains to participate in the SOCKS protocol. The specified organization is provided to facilitate the explanation of how the protocol behaves. This document does not mandate that implementations adhere to this model as long as their external behavior is consistent with that specified in this document. The following figure provides a detailed look at the SOCKS client state machine.

SOCKS client state diagram

Figure 21: SOCKS client state diagram