#22572: please don't kill WarnUnsafeSocks option -------------------------------------------------+------------------------- Reporter: starlight | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Medium | Milestone: Tor: | unspecified Component: Core Tor/Tor | Version: Tor: | 0.2.9.2-alpha Severity: Normal | Resolution: Keywords: anti-deprecation tor-client needs- | Actual Points: design regression? | Parent ID: | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: -------------------------------------------------+-------------------------
Comment (by starlight): The motivation for removing the option (to prevent people from harming themselves inadvertently) is evident and sensible. For me it would work if a prefix to the socks isolation username or password acted as a flag to suppress the warning. Perhaps "UNSAFE" or similar blatant indication. The purpose of the script where this happens is issuing arbitrary DNS queries anonymously--no chance I will accidently request my own addresses unintentionally. Or, don't worry about it. I prefer logs clear of distracting noise (so I don't miss important messages) and have demoted several daemon messages to info or debug level in my builds. I can hack this one as well. But spam is spam and it invariable harms the signal-to-noise ratio on any channel. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/22572#comment:14> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online _______________________________________________ tor-bugs mailing list tor-bugs@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-bugs