Re: dnsUseGethostbyname with Tor - strange settings?

Matthew <[email protected]> Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:23:38 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.web.polipo.user
Message-ID	<[email protected]>


Juliusz Chroboczek wrote:
>> Therefore, does it matter what is set for dnsUseGethostbyname (even if
>> it is something like "true" or "reluctantly" which exist) since the
>> socksParentProxy takes precedence and all DNS requests are
>> automatically passed to Tor?

>> If socksParentProxy is set, then dnsUseGethostbyname is only relevant
>> for resolving the value of socksParentProxy itself.
>>     
I am afraid I do not understand this comment.

If dnsUseGethostbyname is "yes" or "true" then Tor resolves all DNS queries.

If dnsUseGethostbyname is "reluctantly" or "false" then is there any DNS 
leakage or in either / both of these cases does Tor still do the DNS 
resolution?

Thanks!



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