Re: Tor On Private Network

[Scott Bennett <bennett@xxxxxxxxxx>]

     On Wed, 7 May 2008 20:48:57 -0400 "Ringo Kamens" <2600denver@xxxxxxxxx>
top-posted:
>I tried setting localhost as the DNS and it might have worked. Tor no
>longer exists because the DNS resolving configuration is broken, but
>watch what happens. Just for reference, my private network consists of
>three servers who are each set up to be Auth Dir and exit servers and
>inherently trust eachother. They are on 169.254.46.12*, this computer
>is .125. At some point, Tor realizes that my DNS entry is fake but
>thinks that the DNS server is hijacking requests.
>
>
>Laptop-9:~ adb$ tor
>
>  [long debugging output deleted  --SJB]
>
>Sorry for the incredibly long, detailed log but I wanted there to be
>sure there was enough information.
>
     I keep wondering why you don't post the contents of /etc/resolv.conf.
>
>
>My questions are:
>
>1. Does it matter that Tor thinks its requests are being hijacked?
>(Since I know I can trust the servers)

     Have you tried setting "ServerDNSDetectHijacking 0"?
>
>2. How come it says it can't get any network status documents?
>
     I'm not clear enough on your test setup to answer that, but it may
be something to do with the fact that your "authoritative" directory servers
are not the ones hard-coded into tor.

>3. What next?
>
     Have you looked at making an alternate version of your system's
/etc/resolv.conf file and telling tor about it with ServerDNSresolvConfFile?
Note that ServerDNSSearchDomains may also be helpful, depending upon your
setup.


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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