dirmngr cygwin resolv.conf

john doe johndoe65534 at mail.com
Sat Jun 30 21:26:13 CEST 2018


Hi Niibe,

On 6/29/2018 1:40 PM, NIIBE Yutaka wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Sorry, my explanation was not accurate.  In the Tor-mode of dirmngr, it
> uses the port 9050 at first.  And there is some code to fallback to the
> port 9150.  It's like:
> 
>      libdns_switch_port_p (gpg_error_t err)
>      {
>        if (tor_mode && gpg_err_code (err) == GPG_ERR_ECONNREFUSED
>            && libdns_tor_port == TOR_PORT)
>          {
>            /* Switch port and try again.  */
>            if (opt_debug)
>              log_debug ("dns: switching from SOCKS port %d to %d\n",
>                         TOR_PORT, TOR_PORT2);
>            libdns_tor_port = TOR_PORT2;
>            libdns_reinit_pending = 1;
>            return 1;
>          }
>        return 0;
>      }
> 
> I suspect the error detection is not working well.  If it works,
> you should see the debug message of "dns: switching from SOCKS port...".
> 
> I tested with the port 9050, my dirmngr works fine.
> 

Appologies for not answering sooner.

The issue is that in the case of "Tor Browser" it listens only for 
socks5 connection on port 9150.:

https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-community-team/2018-June/000188.html

How can I force dirmngr to use port "9150"?

Sorry again for my late answer, I had overlooked your e-mail.

I really appriciate any help/input! :)

-- 
John Doe



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