[tor-bugs] #20773 [Applications/Tor Browser Sandbox]: Stop mounting `/proc` in the various containers once this is feasable.

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Sat Nov 26 08:22:58 UTC 2016


#20773: Stop mounting `/proc` in the various containers once this is feasable.
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 Reporter:  yawning                           |          Owner:  yawning
     Type:  enhancement                       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                            |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser Sandbox  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                            |     Resolution:
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Comment (by yawning):

 As far as I can tell, the tor process container can do without `/proc`.
 It's clear cut for the no PT case since tor appears to only use
 `/proc/meminfo` to derive `MaxMemInQueues` which is irrelevant for this
 use case.

 obfs4proxy appears to read from `/proc` as well upon cursory examination
 via `strings`, but it doesn't appear to crash and I can browse the web in
 a container sans procfs.  However before I disable mounting it in the
 container, I'd like to see what exactly it's doing.

 I need to strace tor + obfs4proxy anyway when I decide to tackle #20782...

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