torify
wrapper for torsocks or tsocks and tor
see also :
tor - tor-resolve - torsocks
Synopsis
torify
application [application’s
arguments]
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description
torify
is a simple wrapper that attempts to find the best
underlying Tor wrapper available on a system. It calls
torsocks or tsocks with a tor specific configuration
file.
torsocks is an
improved wrapper that explicitly rejects UDP, safely
resolves DNS lookups and properly socksifies your TCP
connections.
tsocks itself
is a wrapper between the tsocks library and the application
that you would like to run socksified.
Please note
that since both method use LD_PRELOAD, torify cannot be
applied to suid binaries.
warning
You should also be aware that the way tsocks currently works only
TCP connections are socksified. Be aware that this will in most
circumstances not include hostname lookups which would still be
routed through your normal system resolver to your usual
resolving nameservers. The tor-resolve(1) tool can be
useful as a workaround in some cases. The Tor FAQ at
https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ might
have further information on this subject.
When used with torsocks, torify should not leak DNS requests or
UDP data.
Both will leak ICMP data.
see also
tor ,
tor-resolve , torsocks ,
tsocks, tsocks.conf.
author
Peter
Palfrader
Author.