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Re: Firefox,Torbutton leaks real IP Address.



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Luis Maceira wrote:
> The combination Firefox-3.0.3(in fact,Iceweasel-3.0.3),Torbutton-1.2.0 leaks my real IPaddress.This happens BETWEEN when I initiate Tor-0.2.0.31 with the bash command /usr/local/tor/bin/tor and the moment when Tor effectively establishes a connection-circuit.This can be 60 seconds or more,and if in between we connect to the Internet withFirefox-Torbutton the real IP address is used(even with torbutton running-green)I tested with www.showmyip.com and others.My fear is if the same could happen when Tor changes circuit by ten-ten minutes or so,when leaves the previous circuit to the next one.(what happens in the transition moments).I did not test that situation.                                                    Thanks. 
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Whenever tor is switching circuits, I just get a proxy error and I'm
never actually able to get to a page. Did you install Tor from source?
If not, where did you get it?
Ringo
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