From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: [PATCH] gnu: tor: Recommend torsocks. Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 23:39:49 +0000 Message-ID: <20161018233949.22799-2-ng0@we.make.ritual.n0.is> References: <20161018233949.22799-1-ng0@we.make.ritual.n0.is> Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49351) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bwdzV-0002HC-Mt for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 19:40:18 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bwdzU-0002IT-L4 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 19:40:17 -0400 Received: from aibo.runbox.com ([91.220.196.211]:53878) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bwdzU-0002GW-Dn for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2016 19:40:16 -0400 Received: from [10.9.9.212] (helo=mailfront12.runbox.com) by bars.runbox.com with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bwdzT-000696-Aa for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Oct 2016 01:40:15 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20161018233949.22799-1-ng0@we.make.ritual.n0.is> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org * gnu/packages/tor.scm (tor)[description]: Recommend torsocks. --- gnu/packages/tor.scm | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/gnu/packages/tor.scm b/gnu/packages/tor.scm index e6fbf6e..f0970ef 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/tor.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/tor.scm @@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ `(("zlib" ,zlib) ("openssl" ,openssl) ("libevent" ,libevent))) - - ;; TODO: Recommend `torsocks' since `torify' needs it. - (home-page "https://www.torproject.org/") (synopsis "Anonymous network router to improve privacy on the Internet") (description @@ -66,7 +63,11 @@ somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location. Tor works with many of your existing applications, including web browsers, instant messaging clients, remote login, and other -applications based on the TCP protocol.") +applications based on the TCP protocol. +To @code{torify} applications (to take measures to ensure that an application, +which has not been designed for use with Tor such as ssh, will use only Tor for +internet connectivity, and also ensures that there are no leaks from DNS, UDP or +the application layer) you need to install @code{torsocks}.") (license bsd-3))) (define-public torsocks -- 2.10.1