Re: [tor-talk] Is privoxy required with locally compiled Tor?

[adrelanos <adrelanos@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Please read
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO/WebBrowsers and
ask again if there are still questions.

whistler:
> Although I occasionally run Tails when a live CD is required, and Tor
> Browser Bundle when I run on a system with a proprietary OS, I
> principally run on an open-source system, using a tor version locally
> compiled from the source distribution.  This allows me use lynx,
> instead of Firefox, which I consider to be more secure. 
> 
> I had been under the impression, from perhaps a long time ago, that it
> was necessary to run privoxy as well in order to prevent DNS leaks (or
> for some other reason).
> 
> My questions are:
> 
> 1. Was that ever true?
> 
> 2. Is that true now?
> 
> 3. If privoxy is no longer needed to prevent DNS leaks, is this
> because the exit node now handles the DNS lookup? 
> 
> 4. What was the bug-fix in Firefox 6 that removed the need for privoxy
> with Firefox, and what is the status of this issue with regard to
> lynx? 
> 
> 
> The documentation on the torproject website that I have been able to
> find which mentions privoxy is:
> 
> 	https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en
> 
> which follows:
> 
> ******
> 
> I need an HTTP proxy. Where did Polipo go?
> 
> In the past, Tor bundles included an HTTP proxy like Privoxy or
> Polipo, solely to work around a bug in Firefox that was finally fixed in
> Firefox 6. Now you don't need a separate HTTP proxy to use Tor, and
> in fact leaving it out makes you safer because Torbutton has better
> control over Firefox's interaction with websites.
> 
> If you are trying to use some external application with Tor, step
> zero should be to reread the set of warnings for ways you can screw up.
> Step one should be to try to use a Socks proxy rather than an http
> proxy -- Tor runs a Socks proxy on port 9050 on Windows, or see above for
> OSX and Linux.
> 
> If that fails, feel free to install privoxy or polipo. You can use
> our old polipo config file if you like. However, please realize that this
> approach is not recommended for novice users.
> 
> *****
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Whistler
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