[tor-bugs] #16628 [Core Tor/Torsocks]: tordns_enable option to disable dns resolving via tor

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#16628: tordns_enable option to disable dns resolving via tor
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 Reporter:  s.lobanov          |          Owner:  dgoulet
     Type:  enhancement        |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium             |      Milestone:
Component:  Core Tor/Torsocks  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal             |     Resolution:  wontfix
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Changes (by dgoulet):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix
 * severity:   => Normal


Comment:

 To be honest, I'm against that because the whole point of torsocks is for
 _all_ traffic to go through Tor and not being used as a "proxyfier" for
 other things.

 I believe `tsocks` was originally taken from some proxychains program or
 something and adapted to only use Tor. So this feature doesn't have much
 use in torsocks. Other software should be used for that.

 I'm closing this but if there is ever a use case you could describe where
 DNS should not be sent through Tor but the rest yes, please open that
 ticket explaining it.

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