Re: [ncat][RFC] Ability to control hostname resolution for proxy

On 1/24/19 12:13 AM, David Fifield wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 02:06:07PM -0700, nnposter wrote:
>>
>> ncat   ...   --proxy-dns local | remote | both | none
>>
>> More at https://github.com/nmap/nmap/pull/1439
>> Please review the proposal and comment.
> 
> curl uses different URL schemes to control whether name resolution is
> local or remote: https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html#-x
> socks4, socks5: local
> socks4a, socks5h: remote
> 
> But personally I've never liked that setup. I almost always want remote
> resolution and have to remind myself not to use the versions that will
> leak DNS. And of course it doesn't work for http or https proxies.

I agree. It is definitely overloading the concept of a protocol.

Back to my proposal, what would be your vote?
(1) ignore; do nothing
(2) proceed with it
(3) the feature should be somehow supported but not this way

Cheers,
nnposter
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