[tor-bugs] #22068 [Core Tor/Torsocks]: Make it explicit that Torsocks won't work correctly in certain scenarios in the README

Tue Dec 5 02:41:38 UTC 2017

#22068: Make it explicit that Torsocks won't work correctly in certain scenarios in
the README
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 Reporter:  Franciscouzo       |          Owner:  dgoulet
     Type:  defect             |         Status:  accepted
 Priority:  Medium             |      Milestone:
Component:  Core Tor/Torsocks  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal             |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  easy, doc          |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                     |         Points:
 Reviewer:                     |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 >for any reason, there is no way for torsocks to provide the Tor anonymity
 guarantee to your application, torsocks will force the application to quit
 and stop everything.

 But torsocks does not do this. If there is no way to guarantee the traffic
 is torified, torsocks silently lets the traffic through (e.g. raw assembly
 being used to call syscalls).

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