http://bugs.gpodder.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184





--- Comment #9 from Han Shen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  2008-09-14 02:44:44 ---
(In reply to comment #8)

> 
> On the other hand, the Proxy (Tor) is only needed to circumvent "the 
> firewall",
> right? So, in my opinion, setting the proxy in every app to Tor and then
> configuring the Tor proxy to directly connect for "allowed" hosts and
> indirectly connect for "blocked" hosts, so one has the maximum speed with the
> maximum reachability.
> 
> Of course, this is in part by wanting to avoid having to implement yet another
> feature, and of course there are other reasons one would like to use Tor, even
> if not blocked by "the firewall", but I think that it would be an option to
> look at before implementing something like this in gPodder.
> 
> Also, I think that it would also benefit other applications, like "wget" if 
> you
> could set up a list of "working" hosts and default to proxying through Tor.
> 
> The feature is in the bug tracker, and so on the tentative feature wishlist, 
> so
> it should get implemented sometime in the future, although it's not a big
> priority, and the parts of my free time that are devoted to gPodder are also
> limited. The option of maybe configuring the Tor proxy was also a hint that I
> might give you if you wanted to have this feature right away without having to
> wait.
> 
> In the meantime, you should be able to use it without problems, except that 
> for
> non-blocked hosts, you have a speed pelty.
> 

Emm, reasonable! I would take some time googling around the black/white list
for Tor proxy first and would come back here if a nice and neat solution is
found so you may remove this feature request from your list.

And thanks for your good gPodder, I found it a great piece of software on my
linux desktop. Had I had python programming knowledge I would put some of my
time on it and made possible contributions.


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