[tor-bugs] #6974 [TorBirdy]: gpg socks support autodetection?

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#6974: gpg socks support autodetection?
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 Reporter:  tagnaq       |          Owner:  ioerror
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:         
Component:  TorBirdy     |        Version:         
 Keywords:               |         Parent:         
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:         
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 Replying to [comment:16 ioerror]:
 > Replying to [comment:14 tagnaq]:
 > > Replying to [comment:10 ioerror]:
 > > > Bad news - if the GPG client has no SOCKS5 support and you _try_ to
 use the SOCKS5 support it will fail badly.
 > >
 > > This means we can not statically configure gpg to use socks5 proxies
 (in torbirdy).
 > >
 >
 > I'm not sure of that but I understand the caution. I think that we just
 need to detect this (common) case and do something smart.
 >
 > > Can we build an autodetection for socks support and change enigmail's
 config acordingly?
 > > - enable socks5 proxy in enigmail's gpg options iff we have socks
 support
 > > - do not set the socks proxy if we have no support for it (set a non-
 existing http proxy to fail secure)


 I don't like the idea of autodetection anymore we should have an http
 proxy and use one setup for all plattforms.

 I assume currently probably less than 10 or 5% have proper socks support
 in their gpg installation.

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