[tor-talk] torsocks is broken and unmaintained

[adrelanos]

grarpamp:
>> I'd like to see more discussion from more people here first, and see
>> whether somebody steps up to say, "Yeah, I can maintain that" here, or
>> whether somebody else who knows more than me about the issues has something
>> to say.  Otherwise I don't know whether to write a "looking for maintainer"
>> post, a "who wants to fork" post, a "don't use Torsocks, use XYZZY" post,
>> or what.
> 
> I've been using torsocks for years. Some comments:
> [...]
> - It is not necessary given TransPort and DNSPort.
> [...]

I don't agree. torsocks is still useful to prevent identity correlation
through circuit sharing. Pushing all traffic through Trans- and DnsPort
is not the answer.