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01/01: gnu: tor: Recommend torsocks.
From: |
Kei Kebreau |
Subject: |
01/01: gnu: tor: Recommend torsocks. |
Date: |
Fri, 16 Dec 2016 15:49:18 +0000 (UTC) |
kkebreau pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.
commit fc9286d03a79837d70d8f209521d73f6b18d171b
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