[tor-bugs] #6937 [Tor Client]: SocksPipe or SocksSocket - an anonymous pipe to smoke network leakings bug out (of)

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#6937: SocksPipe or SocksSocket - an anonymous pipe to smoke network leakings bug
out (of)
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 Reporter:  ioerror                  |          Owner:                    
     Type:  enhancement              |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal                   |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor Client               |        Version:  Tor: unspecified  
 Keywords:  security needs-proposal  |         Parent:                    
   Points:                           |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by arma):

 Replying to [comment:8 andrea]:
 > Named pipes aren't what you want at all.  I don't know how portable that
 assumption about interleaving is, and I think doing something like that
 most definitely breaks the whole "the interface to this looks like SOCKS5"
 thing.  Stick with AF_UNIX.

 ioerror asked for my feedback here. My feedback is "sounds worth
 continuing to investigate; I'll defer to nickm and andrea on what is
 actually worthwhile to implement."

 I expect the portability side to be a big hassle. But if it's
 straightforward to stop using sockets, I agree that it's a big win --
 mainly because apparmor and friends are so crappy at handling network
 permissions with any granularity.

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