kpaste.net RSS- Bug in Wget passes user's real IP even with proxy use (such as Tor/TAILS)
- "Just FYI, it appears there is a bug in wget while using a proxy that allows wget to be forced to use the FTP port and thereby unmask the user's IP (normal usage) or at least leak the user's network adapter IP (in TAILS)."
- - Comment @ Reddit:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/3hc02l/how_can_i_download_webm_videos_longer_than_30/cu6yzv5
- https://archive.is/3YYo0
- - Original discovery of bug @ lists.gnu.org:
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2015-08/msg00020.html
- https://archive.is/Ah3Pg
- - Reported to TAILS project development list (tails-dev):
- https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2015-August/009370.html
- https://archive.is/nPi5h
- - First response @ tails-dev
- https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2015-August/009383.html
- https://archive.is/derHC
- - Wget: What is it?
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wget
Bug in Wget passes user's real IP even with proxy use (such as Tor/TAILS)
Posted by Anonymous on Tue 18th Aug 2015 18:03
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