Package: torsocks Version: 1.0~epsilon+dfsg1-1 Severity: wishlist In the current debian stable version of torsocks, the option to disable tordns does not work. I don't recall how the problem manifests, but the option was removed in later versions in git anyway, because it was broken. So it's broken in debian, and non-existent in current versions. (moreover, current versions still document the --disable-tordns, but then errors are raised if someone attempts to use them).
There is a real need to bring this option back, and implement it so that it works. The problem is critical, because at the moment clients that need to perform MX DNS lookups have no hope of running on tor if they cannot be configured to use SOCKS. There is no workaround. Bug 705388 was also filed to address the limitation of tordns, but it's more pressing for torsocks to be able to disable tordns. Apart from the impossibility of running some client apps on tor, this limitation is also a barrier to the Tails project. Ideally, an optimum tor environment includes ttdnsd and pdnsd packages. These packages are immune to the MX lookup problem, and they also serve to optimize DNS lookups for performance. Running a locally cached DNS server enables more control and transparency, in addition to making it possible to run clients that simply cannot use tor at all. -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.7 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages torsocks depends on: ii libc6 2.11.3-4 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib Versions of packages torsocks recommends: ii tor 0.2.3.25-1~~squeeze+1 anonymizing overlay network for TC torsocks suggests no packages. -- Configuration Files: /etc/torsocks.conf changed [not included] -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
