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[or-cvs] warn if we use an unsafe socks variant
Update of /home/or/cvsroot/src/or
In directory moria.mit.edu:/home2/arma/work/onion/cvs/src/or
Modified Files:
buffers.c
Log Message:
warn if we use an unsafe socks variant
for now, warn every time. we should decide how often we want to warn;
one problem here is that there are several scenarios where we use an
unsafe socks variant safely, so the warning may be inaccurate. hm.
Index: buffers.c
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RCS file: /home/or/cvsroot/src/or/buffers.c,v
retrieving revision 1.98
retrieving revision 1.99
diff -u -d -r1.98 -r1.99
--- buffers.c 12 Jul 2004 16:51:05 -0000 1.98
+++ buffers.c 3 Aug 2004 23:42:33 -0000 1.99
@@ -409,6 +409,10 @@
return 1;
}
+/** If the user connects with socks4 or the wrong variant of socks5,
+ * then log one warning to let him know that it might be unwise. */
+static int have_warned_about_unsafe_socks = 0;
+
/** There is a (possibly incomplete) socks handshake on <b>buf</b>, of one
* of the forms
* - socks4: "socksheader username\\0"
@@ -480,6 +484,10 @@
log_fn(LOG_DEBUG,"socks5: ipv4 address type");
if(buf->datalen < 10) /* ip/port there? */
return 0; /* not yet */
+ if(!have_warned_about_unsafe_socks) {
+ log_fn(LOG_WARN,"Your application is giving Tor only an IP address. Applications that do DNS resolves themselves may leak information. Consider using Socks4A (e.g. via privoxy or socat) instead.");
+// have_warned_about_unsafe_socks = 1; // (for now, warn every time)
+ }
destip = ntohl(*(uint32_t*)(buf->mem+4));
in.s_addr = htonl(destip);
tmpbuf = inet_ntoa(in);
@@ -556,6 +564,10 @@
}
startaddr = next+1;
+ if(socks4_prot != socks4a && !have_warned_about_unsafe_socks) {
+ log_fn(LOG_WARN,"Your application is giving Tor only an IP address. Applications that do DNS resolves themselves may leak information. Consider using Socks4A (e.g. via privoxy or socat) instead.");
+// have_warned_about_unsafe_socks = 1; // (for now, warn every time)
+ }
if(socks4_prot == socks4a) {
next = memchr(startaddr, 0, buf->mem+buf->datalen-startaddr);
if(!next) {