Re: [Bitcoin-development] Anyone still using SOCKS4?
Wait, I thought SOCKS4 was supposed to help somehow in terms of prevention of leaking of information? Or maybe I am misremembering. Here's what I'm thinking of... 1) https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/Preventing_Tor_DNS_Leaks 2) More regarding TOR, I keep seeing these warnings about SOCKS and DNS information leaks. Should I worry? The warning is: Your application (using socks5 on port %d) is giving Tor only an IP address. Applications that do DNS resolves themselves may leak information. Consider using Socks4A (e.g. via Polipo or socat) instead. https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#WarningsAboutSOCKSandDNSInformationLeaks I'm not sure that means I'm screaming fire or anything, but isn't there some good reason for SOCKS4 and SOCKS4A? Or maybe another way to ask this is: Looking at an example in which someone is running Tor, Privoxy, I2P, and FoxyProxy together while running Bitcoin Core, would there be a problem with having a setting for SOCKS4A for traffic in such a setup given the changes proposed to remove SOCKS4 as suggested in bitcoin-development? Probably there is just a simple answer to that last question, like no. But I thought I'd ask. On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Wladimir laa...@gmail.com wrote: If no one screams fire, we plan on removing support for it in the next major release, for two reasons: - It would remove some crufty, hardly tested code paths - SOCKS5 offers better privacy as it allows DNS redirection Another one: - SOCKS5 supports IPv6 Last call... Wladimir -- Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft ___ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development -- Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft ___ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
Re: [Bitcoin-development] Anyone still using SOCKS4?
On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Odinn Cyberguerrilla odinn.cyberguerri...@riseup.net wrote: Wait, I thought SOCKS4 was supposed to help somehow in terms of prevention of leaking of information? SOCKS4a (unlike SOCKS4) supports doing DNS lookups on the server, but it is not supported by bitcoin core. So it is not part of this discussion. And SOCKS5 can do all of that just as well. But if you feel like contributing SOCKS4a support that's fine with me. Wladimir -- Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft ___ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
Re: [Bitcoin-development] Anyone still using SOCKS4?
On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Odinn Cyberguerrilla odinn.cyberguerri...@riseup.net wrote: Wait, I thought SOCKS4 was supposed to help somehow in terms of prevention of leaking of information? SOCKS4a (unlike SOCKS4) supports doing DNS lookups on the server, but it is not supported by bitcoin core. So it is not part of this discussion. And SOCKS5 can do all of that just as well. But if you feel like contributing SOCKS4a support that's fine with me. Wladimir OK, thanks Wladimir. -- Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft ___ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
Re: [Bitcoin-development] Anyone still using SOCKS4?
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Wladimir laa...@gmail.com wrote: If no one screams fire, we plan on removing support for it in the next major release, for two reasons: - It would remove some crufty, hardly tested code paths - SOCKS5 offers better privacy as it allows DNS redirection Another one: - SOCKS5 supports IPv6 Last call... Wladimir -- Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft ___ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
Re: [Bitcoin-development] Anyone still using SOCKS4?
*watches the tumble weed blow by* I think it's pretty safe to remove it... On 4 July 2014 08:15, Wladimir laa...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Wladimir laa...@gmail.com wrote: If no one screams fire, we plan on removing support for it in the next major release, for two reasons: - It would remove some crufty, hardly tested code paths - SOCKS5 offers better privacy as it allows DNS redirection Another one: - SOCKS5 supports IPv6 Last call... Wladimir -- Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft ___ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development -- Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft___ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
[Bitcoin-development] Anyone still using SOCKS4?
Hello all, Is anyone using a SOCKS4-only proxy with Bitcoin Core? SOCKS5 was introduced in 1996, so there is hardly an excuse to not support it. If no one screams fire, we plan on removing support for it in the next major release, for two reasons: - It would remove some crufty, hardly tested code paths - SOCKS5 offers better privacy as it allows DNS redirection Wladimir -- HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems ___ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
