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Re: [msmtp-users] Proxy support patch



On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:48:32 +0200, ilf wrote:
> Martin Lambers:
> > That's true if we do DNS ourselves (necessary for SOCKS4, optional
> > for SOCKS5), but we want the proxy to do it for us, especially in
> > the context of Tor usage, and then SOCKS5 is different (simpler)
> > than SOCKS4. 
> 
> The Tor Project recommends SOCKS 4a over SOCKS 5 against DNS leaks: 
> https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#WarningsAboutSOCKSandDNSInformationLeaks
> 

Yes, but only if the SOCKS5 application does DNS lookups itself, which
we do not. What we do is basically what SOCKS4a would do.

Martin

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