[Winpt-devel] Proxy support

[Timo Schulz]

lusfert wrote:

>>as some people mentioned it to me, I thought it would be useful to
>>add SOCKS proxy support for the keyserver code in WinPT.
> 
> I think it'll be much more better to have SOCKS proxy support in GnuPG, too.

This is nothing I can decide, but I can suggest it.


> It's good to have SOCKS v4a support 'cause it allows to use WinPT/GnuPG
> with FINGER and LDAP key servers via Tor without DNS leaks.

OK, so I will have 4a support also.

> In some programs (Firefox, for example) it's called SOCKS v5 with
> resolving names via proxy or something like this.

Yes, socks5 allows to use DNS names for connections also.


> BTW, I'm not able to use Tor hidden key servers via WinPT, but can use
> them via GnuPG. I will probably describe problem in an another message.

That would be very kind. Actually I worked on the entire proxy code this
weekend and I hope some problems are fixed now. But even so, your 
description would be useful to double-check this.


	Timo