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Improve Tor support for .onion hosts

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#1,812 opened on Sep 15, 2015

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Description

It is not possible to use Tor's .onion hosts when using a SOCKS5 proxy. I believe this is because it is not possible to normally resolve these names and the SOCKS proxy (eg: Tor) does the resolution.

The connect wizard also removes the password field for .onion hosts. Ironically the password field may not be needed... if a user is using this with torsocks, I think this can be used to bypass access controls on a server as the connection is coming from localhost.

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Research direction
Investigate how Mumble handles SOCKS5 proxy connections and DNS resolution for .onion hosts. Look for existing code that filters or modifies the password field in the connect wizard.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
security
Issue type
Bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Mostly clear
Prerequisites
TorSOCKS5 proxy knowledge
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
50