[tor-commits] [stem/master] Issuing DNS lookups via tor in client usage example

[atagar at torproject.org]

commit 4fc65393374ed32a9c67c11758b0c5b94ed6f5f5
Author: Damian Johnson <atagar at torproject.org>
Date:   Wed Aug 7 09:49:25 2013 -0700

    Issuing DNS lookups via tor in client usage example
    
    Suggestion from Julian to issue DNS lookups via tor. This is based on...
    
    http://www.talesofacoldadmin.com/2012/11/13/proxying-dns-with-python.html
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 docs/tutorials/to_russia_with_love.rst |    9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/tutorials/to_russia_with_love.rst b/docs/tutorials/to_russia_with_love.rst
index 5c9883a..97c4da7 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/to_russia_with_love.rst
+++ b/docs/tutorials/to_russia_with_love.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Tor makes `configuring your exit locale <https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.htm
 
 In the following example we're using stem to `start Tor <../api/process.html>`_, then reading a site through it with `SocksiPy <http://socksipy.sourceforge.net/>`_. This is not always reliable (some relays are lemons) so you may need to run this more than once.
 
-**Do not rely on the following not to leak.** Though it seems to work, DNS resolution and other edge cases might expose your real IP. If you have a suggestion for how to improve this example then please `let me know <http://www.atagar.com/contact/>`_!
+**Do not rely on the following not to leak.** Though it seems to work there may be edge cases that expose your real IP. If you have a suggestion for how to improve this example then please `let me know <http://www.atagar.com/contact/>`_!
 
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@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ In the following example we're using stem to `start Tor <../api/process.html>`_,
   socks.setdefaultproxy(socks.PROXY_TYPE_SOCKS5, '127.0.0.1', SOCKS_PORT)
   socket.socket = socks.socksocket
 
+  # Perform DNS resolution through the socket
+
+  def getaddrinfo(*args):
+    return [(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM, 6, '', (args[0], args[1]))]
+
+  socket.getaddrinfo = getaddrinfo
+
 
   def query(url):
     """