Re: [tor-talk] Why tor doesn't support UDP?

[krishna e bera <keb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 14-08-07 05:57 AM, Andreas Krey wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Aug 2014 23:38:54 +0000, Yuri wrote:
> ...
>> So what is the reason that UDP isn't supported?
> 
> Because what you describe is a transparent proxy/router, while tor
> only offers a SOCKS5 interface and doesn't (and doesn't want to)
> care about either TCP or UDP packet capture.


See also this FAQ:

"You should transport all IP packets, not just TCP packets."
https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#TransportIPnotTCP

and this ticket for future developments in UDP and other:

"Compare datagram Tor designs"
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/1855

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