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From: meino.cramer@×××.de
To: Gentoo <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] POT (partly offtopic): Firefox + Polipo + Tor switching advice needed...
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:47:11
Message-Id: 20100126164603.GB5051@solfire
1 Hi,
2
3 I successfully configured firefox to work with tor over polipo.
4 And I successfully configured firefox to work with polipo without
5 tor.
6
7 But anything I tried to conveniently switch firefox to either use
8 tor or not to tor ended up in ugly scripts, which switch config
9 files for polipo and/or tor before killing tor/polipo process and
10 restart new ones ended in mess and misbehaviour.
11
12 I tried torbutton and read bad things of disappearing bookmarks
13 when doing so. I tried foxproxy and read on the torbutton homepage,
14 that this is not save.
15
16 For unknown reasons, DNS calls leaked unencrypted when using tor.
17 Something with socks seems not to work in/with firefox?!?!?!?!
18
19 I am using firefox 3.5.7.
20
21 My goal is to have ONE button to safely and securely switch between
22 firefox with and without tor both with polipo.
23
24 If someone know the ultimate solution or reason, why I am to
25 [CENSORED] to manage this task; PLEASE HELP ME! :))))
26
27
28 Thank you very much in advance for any help!
29 Best regards,
30 mcc
31
32
33
34 --
35 Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments
36 unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text.
37 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
38 In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.

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Re: [gentoo-user] POT (partly offtopic): Firefox + Polipo + Tor switching advice needed... Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>