[tor-bugs] #30558 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Namecoin support for onion sites in Tor Browser

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#30558: Namecoin support for onion sites in Tor Browser
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 Reporter:  arthuredelstein           |          Owner:  JeremyRand
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  needs_revision
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  TorBrowserTeam201911      |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:17 JeremyRand]:
 > Thanks for the feedback Georg.  I've just pushed a revised set of
 patches (same branch as before; Git commit hash
 `26c5593a9230e22b52b03917ad274b8ea08a70b5`) that I believe addresses your
 review so far.
 >
 > > Alas, I don't have time to review everything at once. My current plan
 is to go commit by commit and let you fix up things as we go. I hope this
 works for you.
 >
 > Yes, in fact that's better than reviewing everything at once, since it
 lets me start addressing feedback sooner.
 >
 > > I guess that hard-coding is done by taking the Tor Browser default
 values? One thing to keep in mind is that not every user is using 9150 as
 the SOCKS port. I don't know how hard it is to make this more dynamic but
 it would be nice if it were possible (but it's not necessary for a nightly
 inclusion).
 >
 > Doing this the "right way" will probably require patching Electrum-NMC;
 I'll put it on my to-do list.  That said, can you elaborate on what types
 of users will be using a non-default SOCKS IP/port?  The only cases I can
 think of are setups like Tails and Whonix, and those setups will need
 other changes to work with Namecoin because they use a control port filter
 that will interfere with StemNS.  I definitely want to support those use
 cases (if nothing else because Whonix is my daily driver OS), but I'm
 curious if there's another set of use cases where this matters that I'm
 not aware of.

 We have users that want to avoid using Tor Browser's tor but rather like
 to point to a system tor which they have running anyway. Granted, it's not
 the majority of users (by far) but it's an important use-case we support
 at least.

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