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+We no longer recommend the use of this tool. Instead, please use the
+pure-Go version of tor-fw-helper available at
+ https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-fw-helper.git
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+Why?
+
+The C code here was fine, but frankly: we don't trust the underlying
+libraries. They don't seem to have been written with network security
+in mind, and we have very little faith in their safety.