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posted by cmn32480 on Sunday August 23 2015, @02:59AM   Printer-friendly
from the silly-standard-tools dept.

"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

Another bug in wget has been discussed on Soylentnews in the past.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2015, @06:25AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2015, @06:25AM (#226571)

    You do if you won't some degree of anonymity.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2015, @06:54AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2015, @06:54AM (#226583)

    And why should I need any more anonymity than I already have? Why is it that I can't simply expect the operators of the servers which I contact to exercise some degree of discretion and common decency? Why can't we all get along without spying on and stalking each other all the time?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2015, @07:45AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2015, @07:45AM (#226596)

      Moneh

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2015, @09:37AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 23 2015, @09:37AM (#226627)

      Power and money. But I say that privacy and anonymity are good things in and of themselves. Even if no malicious people existed, I would still desire them.