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warn if we use an unsafe socks variant

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for now, warn every time. we should decide how often we want to warn;
one problem here is that there are several scenarios where we use an
unsafe socks variant safely, so the warning may be inaccurate. hm.


svn:r2126
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Roger Dingledine 2004-08-03 23:42:33 +00:00
parent 849e998ac6
commit 8cb4124121
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src/or/buffers.c
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@ -409,6 +409,10 @@ int fetch_from_buf_http(buf_t *buf,
return 1;
}
/** If the user connects with socks4 or the wrong variant of socks5,
* then log one warning to let him know that it might be unwise. */
static int have_warned_about_unsafe_socks = 0;
/** There is a (possibly incomplete) socks handshake on <b>buf</b>, of one
* of the forms
* - socks4: "socksheader username\\0"
@ -480,6 +484,10 @@ int fetch_from_buf_socks(buf_t *buf, socks_request_t *req) {
log_fn(LOG_DEBUG,"socks5: ipv4 address type");
if(buf->datalen < 10) /* ip/port there? */
return 0; /* not yet */
if(!have_warned_about_unsafe_socks) {
log_fn(LOG_WARN,"Your application is giving Tor only an IP address. Applications that do DNS resolves themselves may leak information. Consider using Socks4A (e.g. via privoxy or socat) instead.");
// have_warned_about_unsafe_socks = 1; // (for now, warn every time)
}
destip = ntohl(*(uint32_t*)(buf->mem+4));
in.s_addr = htonl(destip);
tmpbuf = inet_ntoa(in);
@ -556,6 +564,10 @@ int fetch_from_buf_socks(buf_t *buf, socks_request_t *req) {
}
startaddr = next+1;
if(socks4_prot != socks4a && !have_warned_about_unsafe_socks) {
log_fn(LOG_WARN,"Your application is giving Tor only an IP address. Applications that do DNS resolves themselves may leak information. Consider using Socks4A (e.g. via privoxy or socat) instead.");
// have_warned_about_unsafe_socks = 1; // (for now, warn every time)
}
if(socks4_prot == socks4a) {
next = memchr(startaddr, 0, buf->mem+buf->datalen-startaddr);
if(!next) {