Re: [tor-talk] socks connect

[Martin S <shieldfire@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've tried connecting with "Tor/Privacy (SOCKS5)" but still get the
same error =(
"From the Tor side" do you mean on the server side or something else?

2014-09-10 13:43 GMT+02:00 Roger Dingledine <arma@xxxxxxx>:
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 01:28:15PM +0200, Perforin wrote:
>> HI That's because the DNS requests are not made through Tor, so Pidgin
>> can't resolv the hidden service onion URL. You need Polipo or Privoxy
>> running, configure it with tunneling everything through Tor (don't
>> forget the DNS requests!!!). Lastly you need to configure pidgin to use
>> the local privoxy/polipo port as a socks5 proxy.
>
> I think the "DNS requests are being done by your application rather
> than passing the hostname into Tor" theory is a likely one.
>
> But telling your Pidgin to use an http proxy (privoxy or polipo) as a
> socks5 proxy is definitely not going to do what you want. :)
>
> In my case I configure my Pidgin to use the proxy type called
> "Tor/Privacy (SOCKS5)". This setting tells Pidgin that you really
> do want the traffic to go through the proxy, and if it can't use the
> proxy you would rather it not attempt the connection. If your Pidgin
> doesn't have this proxy type, you should consider upgrading.
>
> From the Tor side, you might set
> TestSocks 1
> which will make your Tor client log more useful debugging things for you.
>
> Hope that helps,
> --Roger
>
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Martin S
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