From: "Max Zettlmeißl" <max@zettlmeissl.de>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: flag to use tor
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 07:31:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAB+SxbyBJE0rsSAifXNiR7EdWw+4=JgfSm4ZR_sLOAeUo8GNeQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1ketIz-0008Np-C3@fencepost.gnu.org>
On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 6:14 AM Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
> I want to connect through Tor all the time, but sometimes these
> commands betray me. I added a switch to VC to make it connect
> through Tor always, but it would be good to have a facility that
> would do this to all internet connections that Emacs packages make.
>
> Some packages connect directly in Lisp. and some connect by running
> subprocesses. For the subprocesses, using 'torsocks' is an easy fix.
> The hard part is to change all the packages that need fixing.
I have been missing such a feature too.
The hardest part when not routing every single connection through Tor
on a lower level, is to know whether all connections originating from
Emacs really are going through Tor and I have always been hesitant to
fully trust the solutions which I came up with.
The solution which I trusted most, was running Emacs in a separate
network namespace and routing all the namespace's connections through
Tor.
> A super-simple approach is to have a switch with two settings: Tor, or
> not Tor. A more complex feature would give a systematic way to
> specify exceptions.
I guess a more fine grained approach is required to really provide a
solution to everyone.
One example of a case where one might desire a more fine grained
control: When using tramp mode to edit files on a server, one might
not always be in a position where a connection from a Tor node is
allowed by the server.
I'm in favour of such a facility, but it should not provide a false
sense of security and therefore in my opinion either be implemented
properly or not at all.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-17 6:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-17 5:13 flag to use tor Richard Stallman
2020-11-17 5:30 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-17 6:31 ` Max Zettlmeißl [this message]
2020-11-17 7:59 ` Colin Baxter
2020-11-17 8:34 ` Colin Baxter
2020-11-17 12:43 ` Zhu Zihao
2020-11-21 5:04 ` Richard Stallman
2020-11-23 9:33 ` Robert Pluim
2020-11-24 5:53 ` Richard Stallman
2020-11-22 16:01 ` Tomas Hlavaty
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