[tor-bugs] #16917 [Tor Browser]: Support torified torsocks ssh -D socks proxy ports (for wingnuts)

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#16917: Support torified torsocks ssh -D socks proxy ports (for wingnuts)
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     Reporter:  mikeperry   |      Owner:  cypherpunks
         Type:              |     Status:  new
  enhancement               |  Milestone:
     Priority:  normal      |    Version:
    Component:  Tor         |   Keywords:  tbb-usability-stoppoint-wingnuts
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 I used to do this before it broke. I guess I'm a wingnut. Presently I just
 use another firefox instance in private browsing mode for my ssh-socks-
 over-tor browsing.

 If anyone is updating the Hacking guide, know this: Instead of running ssh
 under torsocks and needing to set {{{AllowInbound 1}}}, this wingnut
 recommends putting something like this in your .ssh/config:

 {{{
 Host foo
 User yourname
 HostName foo.example.com
 DynamicForward 4444
 ProxyCommand socat - SOCKS4A:localhost:%h:%p,socksport=9050
 }}}

 Then you can just {{{ssh foo}}} with no arguments and have your ssh-over-
 tor socks port listening.

 Note that the sad panda on superuser.com is actually just hitting the
 torsocks problem, and not the more difficult problem of Tor Browser's non-
 optional socks auth stuff. If they knew about {{{AllowInbound 1}}} their
 next problem would be that facebook probably doesn't like being served
 from a URL that contains a port number (i'm assuming they planned to make
 facebook.com resolve to localhost). Anyway that person is all kinds of
 confused, they should obviously just be using facebookcorewwwi.onion.

 I agree it would be nice if someone added a torbutton pref to disable
 stream isolation.

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