On 10/23/19 14:48, Toralf Förster wrote: > On 10/22/19 9:33 PM, ylms wrote: >> Hello all, >> I am wondering if there is any reason why one should not open the socks >> port of Tor to the public internet? > > b/c everybody could configure then your Tor eg. with > https://nyx.torproject.org ? >
The ControlPort is for configuring Tor, not the SocksPort. SOCKS is unencrypted and, as Tor uses it, unauthenticated. Using a Tor SocksPort on your local network (or better: local host) is way more secure than using one somewhere on the Internet. At least make an SSH tunnel if you're going to do this ... -- Matt _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
