Feature #5539

the end of transparent proxying

Added by Tails 2013-07-18 07:42:30 . Updated 2013-07-20 01:49:29 .

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Resolved
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Normal
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Description

Instead of transparently proxying them through Tor, we can probably simply deny outgoing non-torified connections to the Internet, for reasons discussed on the forum.

This change was made in feature/no_transparent_proxy Git branch.

done in Tails 0.10.

Ignored

  • GNOME VFS FTP (was working in 0.9 using the Tor SOCKS proxy): let’s ignore it for Tails 0.10 as we’ll get FTP in Iceweasel.
  • Seahorse only works for hidden services, "thanks" to the Tor automap on resolve feature: FIXME upstream bug report.

Non-issues

Known issues that are not regressions:

  • iceweasel FTP (additionally, this is repaired by feature/ff4)
  • wget FTP

Tested ok

SSH client, wget HTTP, iceweasel HTTP, Claws Mail, Liferea, Pidgin, APT, Synaptic, WhisperBack, i2p, GNOME VFS SSH, tails-security-check, seahorse, command-line gnupg, Gobby 0.4, Gobby 0.5, htp, Iceweasel FTP (with Iceweasel 8.x).


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History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2013-07-19 01:52:21

  • Type of work set to Code

Type of work: Code

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2013-07-20 01:49:29

  • Subject changed from the end of transparent proxying? to the end of transparent proxying
  • Starter set to No