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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: Use remote DNS when using SOCKS?
From:       Thiago Macieira <thiago () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-01-16 21:35:04
Message-ID: 200701162235.12132.thiago () kde ! org
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MLA wrote:
>    When I'm accessing a wireless hotspot with my laptop, I like to use
> a SSH proxy tunnel to encrypt my traffic; I've got a couple of email
> accounts that don't use SSL/TLS, and besides, who wants someone to be
> reading over their virtual "shoulder"? I had never thought much about
> visiting secure Web sites (such as checking on my bank account or
> sending credit card information) when browsing wirelessly until I read
> up on DNS poisoning. Fortunately, for Firefox, there's a solution; in
> about:config, changing the setting network.proxy.socks_remote_dns to
> "true" will mean that Firefox will query a remote DNS through the proxy
> tunnel. Is there any similar setting in Konqueror? I'd prefer to use
> Konqueror when browsing.

No. There are no plans to do that.

Instead, configure your global DNS server in /etc/resolv.conf. Since this 
is glibc-level stuff, you need a VPN set up, not just a tunnel.

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