simplex-chat / simplex-chat/simplex-chat
[Feature]: Support SOCKS5 unix domain socket
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- Haskell
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Description
Is there an existing issue for this?
- I have searched the existing issues
Platform
Linux
App version
No response
Feature
Tor optionally exposes a unix domain socket socks5.
This makes it easy to deny simplex network access via unshare.
Current workaround:
unshare network, launch redirection service to populate port 9050 to UDS along with simplex
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the existing SOCKS5 connection configuration and the Linux networking paths used by the application. Compare the current TCP port 9050 workaround with Tor's Unix domain socket behavior, then define how configuration and connection failures should work; done means SOCKS5 connections can use the Unix socket without the redirection service.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- haskell
- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100