Re: Problem with Tor & IceCat

[Archetyp Jung]

Thanks for this important hint, I will consider it! ;-)

Am Mon, 7 Jan 2019 08:16:34 +0100 (CET)
schrieb <address@hidden>:

> 
> Yes, Tor plugin in Icecat 63 not works properly. I reported it to a
> developer through his website.
> 
> There is one important thing that Tor plugin breaks. If you look at
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Tor#Firefox
> <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Tor#Firefox> there are lines you should
> configure in about:config page in Icecat
> network.proxy.socks_remote_dns
> truenetwork.dns.disablePrefetch
> truenetwork.dns.disableIPv6           true So plugin resets
> 'network.proxy.socks_remote_dns' to 'false' every time it runs and
> every time you start Icecat having tor plugin is activated. And this
> is why ISP performs dns requests. 
> 
> 
> Jan 7, 2019, 2:02 AM by address@hidden:
> 
> > On Sun, Jan 06, 2019 at 15:09:51 -0500, Joshua Branson wrote:
> >
> >> Now, when you start icecat, you may have to click on the tor
> >> plugin to activate it, but it normally autostarts for me.
> >>
> >> Also, at least for me, that doesn't configure my browser to access
> >> tor hidden services.  But it does run all of your http traffic
> >> through the tor network, which is pretty cool.
> >>
> >
> > That's concerning to me: it seems to imply that DNS requests are
> > _not_ being proxied through Tor, which could leak very sensitive
> > information to your ISP and other parties.
> >
> > I use FoxyProxy Standard[0] (just by habit over the many years I've
> > used Tor with Firefox), so I hadn't tried the Addon distributed with
> > Icecat.  FoxyProxy has an option to proxy DNS requests through Tor
> > (and does so by default IIRC).
> >
> > [0]: > https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/FoxyProxy_Standard
> > <https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/FoxyProxy_Standard>
> >
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