[tor-talk] [Tails-dev] Please review Tails stream isolation plans

[Nick Mathewson]

On Sep 3, 2012 2:21 PM, "adrelanos" <adrelanos at riseup.net> wrote:
>
> intrigeri:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Nick Mathewson wrote (30 Aug 2012 15:10:52 GMT) :
> >> or using some kind of iptables trickery?
> >
> > I'm not sure how doable it is to use iptables to convert HTTP proxying
> > to SOCKS, but I'd be happy to learn :)
>
> Iptables can not translate from one protocol to another.

But it can forward connections to a transparent proxy -- like, say, Tor's
TransPort feature.  The tricky part here would be coming up with a way to
forward only the correct connections.

Failing that, torsocks is indeed a way pretty good option.

-- 
Nick