Re: [tor-talk] Extend auto-IP-switching-time in TorBrowser (and depending from time of inactivity)

[Flipchan <flipchan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I think roundcube(an email client) works with easy session and switchin your IP shoulnd effect that session

Ben Stover <bxstover@xxxxxxxxxxx> skrev: (25 mars 2016 12:12:07 CET)
>Hello Paul (and others),
>
>the problem is for example when I login into a remote mailbox through
>TorBrowser then the mail box provider
>see my IP (=IP of ExitNode).
>
>Since I often stay longer than 10 minutes in my remote mailbox an IP
>switch happens during my mailbox login session.
>Unfortunately a lot of mailbox provider setup smart "security session
>procedures".
>As soon as they detect an IP switch they force the user to re-login
>again (at minimum).
>
>Even worse: Some mail providers consider an account and password break
>and force the user to "verify" that
>they are really to owner of the account with a long-winded confirmation
>procedure.
>This could happen when only changing the country as well.
>Very annoying.
>
>So the easiest way to prevent these situation would be to keep the
>current Tor circuit (or at least the ExitNode).
>
>From what I read so far a "keep-circuit-instruction" is currently not
>possible.
>
>Why not offering the user such a (torrc) option? So its up to him if he
>wants an extended circuit-session-time or not.
>
>Ben
>
>>I'm confused. What is the situation you are concerned about?  A new
>>stream would go over a new circuit whether the previous stream is kept
>>alive or not. Is that not so? And I'm not sure what keeping the idle
>>stream open has to do with this. I understand the UX issues of
>>switching circuits, and I get the threat if not allowing a stream to
>>close causes attaching indefinitely to new circuits.  But I don't
>>understand why it is bad to have a new stream open on a new circuit
>>after another stream closes that was artificially kept open for a
>>while vs. having the new stream open after an initial stream closed
>>normally.
>
>>aloha,
>>Paul
>
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