dns resolution behind proxy

Guus Sliepen
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 12:08:26 -0000

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 02:08:36PM +0100, Guus Sliepen wrote:

> >  I wonder why tinc tries to resolve host names before connection even
> > with configured (socks5) proxy which fails behind restrictive
firewalls.
>
> [...] I'll try to change tinc so it will allow connections via SOCKS5
> even if it cannot resolve the hostname itself.

I added the ability for tinc to connect through a proxy even if it
cannot resolve hostnames itself, for both SOCKS5 and HTTP proxies. If
you can, please try out the latest version from git yourself:

git clone http://tinc-vpn.org/git/tinc

And see README.git.

--
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
     Guus Sliepen <guus at tinc-vpn.org>
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