[tor-bugs] #17038 [Core Tor/Tor]: Provide scripts to set up transparent proxying, where supported (was: New torrc options 'Trans{Local|MiddleBox}IPv{4|6}' to automagically set up transparent proxying)

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#17038: Provide scripts to set up transparent proxying, where supported
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 Reporter:  renne                             |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Low                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
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Component:  Core Tor/Tor                      |        Version:  Tor:
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 Severity:  Normal                            |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  torrc, transparent, proxy, lorax  |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                                    |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by nickm):

 * severity:   => Normal
 * milestone:  Tor: very long term => Tor: unspecified


Comment:

 Agreed that doing it at the Tor level isn't the best idea: most of Tor
 doesn't actually need root, so adding more pieces that do would probably
 be a bad idea for security.

 But instead of baking this into Tor, maybe we could just ship scripts that
 show you how to do it right on different platforms.  They'd require root,
 but at least they'd work, and show you how to do it.

 Scripts like this would also make it easier for us to test that our
 transparent proxy support was actually working, and help us avoid
 embarrassing bugs like #18100 .

 If anybody's interested in writing something like this, please feel free
 to work one platform at a time.

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