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17/155: gnu: tor: Recommend torsocks.
From: |
John Darrington |
Subject: |
17/155: gnu: tor: Recommend torsocks. |
Date: |
Wed, 21 Dec 2016 20:48:30 +0000 (UTC) |
jmd pushed a commit to branch wip-installer
in repository guix.
commit 55e6d8106884d3a2e9136cf27d1fa2b4c88547ae
Author: ng0 <address@hidden>
Date: Thu Dec 15 10:37:21 2016 +0000
gnu: tor: Recommend torsocks.
* gnu/packages/tor.scm (tor)[description]: Recommend torsocks.
Signed-off-by: Kei Kebreau <address@hidden>
---
gnu/packages/tor.scm | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tor.scm b/gnu/packages/tor.scm
index 92644fe..031c23a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tor.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tor.scm
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@
`(("zlib" ,zlib)
("openssl" ,openssl)
("libevent" ,libevent)))
-
- ;; TODO: Recommend `torsocks' since `torify' needs it.
-
(home-page "https://www.torproject.org/")
(synopsis "Anonymous network router to improve privacy on the Internet")
(description
@@ -66,7 +63,11 @@ somebody watching your Internet connection from learning
what sites you
visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical
location. Tor works with many of your existing applications, including
web browsers, instant messaging clients, remote login, and other
-applications based on the TCP protocol.")
+applications based on the TCP protocol.
+To @code{torify} applications (to take measures to ensure that an application,
+which has not been designed for use with Tor such as ssh, will use only Tor for
+internet connectivity, and also ensures that there are no leaks from DNS, UDP
or
+the application layer) you need to install @code{torsocks}.")
(license bsd-3)))
(define-public torsocks
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- 25/155: gnu: acme-client: Provide path to certificates., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 34/155: import cran: Do not use "or later" licenses by default., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 36/155: import cran: Handle BSD licenses with LICENSE file., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 15/155: doc: "Nar" now means "normalized archive"., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 14/155: Revert "gnu: kmod: Update to 23.", John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 22/155: gnu: Add Greek Aspell dictionary, John Darrington, 2016/12/21
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- 35/155: import cran: Translate MIT to the Expat license., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
- 27/155: gnu: Add emacs-bui., John Darrington, 2016/12/21
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