[tor-bugs] #26889 [Core Tor/Torsocks]: torsocks: option to disable all network traffic

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#26889: torsocks: option to disable all network traffic
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 Reporter:  ilf                                |          Owner:  dgoulet
     Type:  enhancement                        |         Status:
                                               |  needs_information
 Priority:  Low                                |      Milestone:
Component:  Core Tor/Torsocks                  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                             |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  torsocks, option, disable network  |  Actual Points:
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Changes (by onirony):

 * status:  new => needs_information


Comment:

 One really easy way to implement this would be to have the --disable-
 network option ask the OS for an unused ephemeral port and set
 {{{TORSOCKS_TOR_PORT}}} to that.

 As you noted, applications like Firejail are pretty much created for
 exactly this kind of situation, and it's really easy to use:
  {{{
 firejail --net=none [command]
 }}}


 This reminds me of those early-nineties debates between acolytes of the
 GNU and BSD camps, where GNU created very fully-featured utilities and BSD
 was created small utilities that did one thing well.

 Anyway, I'll gladly implement this if y'all deem my admittedly-also-
 pretty-hacky (but also good enough in all plausible scenarios!) ephemeral
 port solution to be an acceptable approach. Or in the likely event that
 someone suggests a better way, I'll do it that way.

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