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Re: package-install and Tor
From: |
Colin Baxter |
Subject: |
Re: package-install and Tor |
Date: |
Wed, 21 Sep 2022 08:20:39 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>>>>> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
> Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> writes:
>>>>>>> Aleksandr Vityazev <avityazev@posteo.org> writes:
>>
>> > On 2022-04-27, 00:07 -0400, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
>> >> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please
>> consider >> ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against
>> all >> enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to
>> follow >> Snowden's example. ]]]
>> >>
>> >> > I believe you can use url-proxy-services and direct HTTP >>
>> requests to use > your Tor daemon.
>> >>
>> >> Could you show me how to do that? I don't know how. The >>
>> variable's doc string presumes knowledge I don't have.
>> >>
>> >> Perhaps we should add concrete documentation of how to use
>> that >> variable to do precisely this.
>>
>> > Hi,
>>
>> > There 2 common solutions:
>>
>> > 1. Using torsocks [1] run Emacs from terminal:
>>
>> > #+begin_src shell torsocks emacs; #+end_src
>>
>>
>> > 2. Using the built-in socks.el library with these settings:
>>
>> > #+begin_src elisp (setq socks-server '("tor" "127.0.0.1" 9050
>> 5)) > (setq url-gateway-method 'socks) (setq socks-username
>> "user") > (setq socks-password "") #+end_src
>>
>> > But this library has issue [2].
>>
>> > To use tor via http proxy, you must configure it accordingly, >
>> because socks proxy is used by default.
>>
>>
>> > [1] https://gitweb.torproject.org/torsocks.git [2]
>>
>> git clone https://gitweb.torproject.org/torsocks.git <RET>
>>
>> Cloning into 'torsocks'... fatal: repository
>> 'https://gitweb.torproject.org/torsocks.git/' not found
>>
>> Looks like torsocks has gone. Anyone know where?
> The URL (both website and repository) works for me:
> icterid$ git clone https://git.torproject.org/torsocks.git/
Indeed, thanks. Your URL isn't the one given by the OP.
Best wishes