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Why?[edit]

See DoNot#Prevent_Tor_over_Tor_scenarios.

Implementation[edit]

providing virtual Tor package[edit]

Implemented in anon-ws-disable-stacked-tor, debian/control. The package uses the Provides: tor field[1], which should avoid any kinds of conflicts, in case upstream releases a higher version of Tor. This won't work for packages, which depend on an explicit version of Tor (such as TorChat). This is non-ideal, since for example the torchat package will install Tor, but still acceptable, because of the following additional implementations.

Tor binary replacement[edit]

Tor's binary was replaced (dpkg-diverted using config-package-dev) with dummy executables, so even if the real tor package gets installed, it won't be automatically started.

systemd-socket-proxyd listening port redirection[edit]

Listening using systemd-socket-proxyd on the following listening ports:

    • Tor's default listening ports. I.e.:
      • system Tor's 127.0.0.1:9050, 127.0.0.1:9051 and,
      • Tor Browser's 127.0.0.1:9150, 127.0.0.1:9051,
      • Tor Messenger's 127.0.0.1:9152, 127.0.0.1:9153
    • and others, see full list
    • Those listening ports forwarded to Whonix-Gateway ™.
    • This prevents the default Tor Browser, Tor Messenger and/or Tor package by The Tor Project from opening these default ports, which will result in Tor failing to open its listening port and therefore exiting, thus preventing Tor over Tor.

TODO: describe

Unix Domain Socket File Redirection[edit]

Since Tor Browser, OnionShare (screenshot) among more and more other applications require SocksSocket [2], anon-ws-disable-stacked-tor is also providing:

  • Tor Control Unix Domain Socket file: /var/run/tor/control, which is redirected to Control Port Filter Proxy on Whonix-Gateway ™.
  • Tor Control Auth Cookie: a functional /var/run/tor/control.authcookie that works with Control Port Filter Proxy.
  • Tor Socks Unix Domain Socket file: /var/run/tor/socks that is redirected to Whonix-Gateway ™ Tor port 9050

Tor state file creation[edit]

All required state files which Tor would normally create in /var/run/tor and /var/lib/tor are being created by /usr/lib/anon-ws-disable-stacked-tor/state-files.

bindp[edit]

TODO: describe

socat[edit]

There are no socat redirections by default in Whonix ™ 14 and above.

Advanced setups such as Monero CLI Wallet/Daemon Isolation with Qubes-Whonix ™ are using things like EXEC. From that example. 

socat TCP-LISTEN:18081,fork,bind=127.0.0.1 EXEC:"qrexec-client-vm monerod-ws user.monerod"

systemd-socket-proxyd does not support EXEC, hence socat is useful here.

Debugging[edit]

Run. 

echo "$TOR_SOCKS_IPC_PATH"

Should show the following. 

/var/run/anon-ws-disable-stacked-tor/127.0.0.1_9150.sock

Run. 

echo "$TOR_CONTROL_IPC_PATH"

Should show the following. 

/var/run/anon-ws-disable-stacked-tor/127.0.0.1_9151.sock

Also please run. 

UWT_DEV_PASSTHROUGH=1 curl 127.0.0.1:9150

Should show the following. 

<html>
<head>
<title>Tor is not an HTTP Proxy</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Tor is not an HTTP Proxy</h1>
<p>
It appears you have configured your web browser to use Tor as an HTTP proxy.
This is not correct: Tor is a SOCKS proxy, not an HTTP proxy.
Please configure your client accordingly.
</p>
<p>
See <a href="https://www.torproject.org/documentation.html">https://www.torproject.org/documentation.html</a> for more information.
<!-- Plus this comment, to make the body response more than 512 bytes, so      IE will be willing to display it. Comment comment comment comment      comment comment comment comment comment comment comment comment.-->
</p>
</body>
</html

Run a similar command. 

echo GET | socat - UNIX-CONNECT:/var/run/anon-ws-disable-stacked-tor/127.0.0.1_9150.sock

Should show the same as above.

Next one to try. 

UWT_DEV_PASSTHROUGH=1 curl 127.0.0.1:9151

Should show the following. 

510 Request filtered
...

Run a similar command. 

echo GET | socat - UNIX-CONNECT:/var/run/anon-ws-disable-stacked-tor/127.0.0.1_9151.sock

Should show. 

510 Request filtered

Debugging with curl[edit]

Trying to use curl rather than curl.anondist-org is a common mistake when debugging Whonix ™ network issues.

curl is a symlink to curl.anondist-orig. In turn, this symlinks to uwtwrapper which runs curl under torsocks. torsocks then forces Tor to run on localhost for stream isolation.

To use curl[edit]

  • The uwt steam isolation wrapper must be circumvented or disabled.
  • The command must be run under user clearnet


In Whonix-Gateway ™ or sys-whonix Qubes-Whonix ™

1. Change to user clearnet 

sudo -su clearnet

2. Circumvent uwt stream isolation wrapper by appending .anondist-orig to curl 

curl.anondist-orig <your_url>

Using curl in Whonix ™ 14[edit]

In the following examples, the exec calls from the command output shows the difference between running curl with the uwtwrapper both enabled and disabled.

Example 1

curl is run with the uwtwrapper enabled. 

uwtwrapper_verbose=1 curl <your_url>

This results in the following exec calls. Only the latest (most recent) call matters which shows torsocks is prepended before running curl. 

exec torsocks /usr/lib/uwtexec something <your_url>
exec -a /usr/bin/curl /usr/bin/curl.anondist-orig <your_url>

Example 2

curl is run with the uwtwrapper disabled. 

uwtwrapper_verbose=1 UWT_DEV_PASSTHROUGH=1 curl <your_url>

This command results in the following exec calls which show torsocks does not get prepended before curl. Since curl does not run under torsocks, local connections are not hindered and there is no stream isolation. 

 exec /usr/lib/uwtexec <your_url>
 exec -a /usr/bin/curl /usr/bin/curl.anondist-orig <your_url>

The output from the previous commands establish the following.

  • /usr/bin/curl is symbolically linked to /usr/bin/curl.anondist-orig. This demonstrates /usr/bin/curl.anondist-orig is the actual (real) curl binary.
  • When /usr/bin/curl.anondist-orig is run with the uwtwrapper disabled all uwt logic is circumvented.


Users can either circumvent the uwt stream isolation wrapper or disabled it either permanently or temporary.

Links:

Application Developers[edit]

Dev/Whonix friendly applications best practices

See Also[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ↑ See "7.5 Virtual packages - Provides" on http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html
  2. ↑

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