#44674: torsocks 2.0.0 released -----------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: rjt-macports@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.1 Keywords: tor socks proxy | Port: torsocks -----------------------------+-------------------------------- Release announcement mail for torsocks 2.0.0 https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-weekly-news-%E2%80%94-august- 13th-2014 Per this URL, the torsocks configuration file format has changed: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-August/007330.html "Torsocks 2.0 is now considered stable Torsocks is a wrapper program that will force an application’s network connections to go through the Tor network. David Goulet released version 2.0.0, blessing the new codebase as stable after more than a year of efforts. David’s original email highlighted several reasons for a complete rewrite of torsocks. Among the issues were maintainability, error handling, thread safety, and a lack of proper compatibility layer for multiple architectures. The new implementation addresses all these issues while staying about the same size as the previous version (4,000 lines of C according to sloccount), and test coverage has been vastly extended. Torsocks comes in handy when a piece of software does not natively support the use of a SOCKS proxy. In most cases, the new version may be safer, as torsocks will prevent DNS requests and non-torified connections from happening. Integrators and power users should watch their steps while migrating to the new version. The configuration file format has changed, and some applications might behave differently as more system calls are now restricted. " -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/44674> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X