[Pkg-anonymity-tools] Bug#761796: torsocks: DNS complains

[Lunar]

Control: retitle -1 Add an option to whitelist networks
Control: severity -1 wishlist
Control: forwarded -1 https://bugs.torproject.org/13184

tester:
>    doing an update , flash need to download, source and build
> 
> WARNING torsocks[12360]: [connect] Connection to a local address are denied
> since it might be a TCP DNS query to a local DNS server. Rejecting it for
> safety reasons. (in tsocks_connect() at connect.c:177)
> 
> It refused localhost is my DNS going through tor, this work fine on an earlier
> build of torsocks

That's a security feature. What's missing is a way to whitelist your
particular DNS resolver, as there is no way for torsocks to know that
it's safe to use.

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