intrigeri:
> hi,
>
> adrelanos wrote (02 Nov 2012 17:50:21 GMT) :
>>> APT: a rough initial test was done, that added a tor+http shim in
>> /usr/lib/apt/methods IIRC, to add torsocks in the loop. It worked fairly
>> well, but one of the late live-build scripts insists on running APT,
>> which fails in this configuration.
>
>> Now that torsocks is unmaintained (see extra thread), I am not sure it
>> is a good idea to rely on torsocks to torify apt.
>
> I think torsocks is fine for this usecase on the short run, but I'm
> happy to take the long term into account too.
Yes, for the short run it's fine. For IPv6 later either torsocks needs
to be patched or another solution has to be found.
> So, what do you suggest
> us to use to torify APT, so that we can remove Polipo from Tails now,
> that would be better than torsocks on the long run?
I have no idea. I am just reading lots of stuff and try to be helpful by
connecting the exiting knowledge. If I find a solution, I'll post again.
After reading that all, I can only say the whole thing is a big mess.
Only half baked solutions, issues and open questions.
I have no imagination on how much founding/sponsorship you got nor if
any torproject.org sponsors could be talked into sponsoring this feature.
Perhaps paying someone for:
add http proxy support to Tor
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/6060
would be a clean solution. How much $ would it cost?
Maybe such kind of issues should be collected and then start some kind
of crowd founding?
Cheers,
adrelanos
