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Re: [tor-bugs] #2905 [Vidalia]: Adapt Vidalia UI to allow users to avoid connecting to the public tor network
#2905: Adapt Vidalia UI to allow users to avoid connecting to the public tor
network
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Reporter: anonym | Owner: chiiph
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: Vidalia: 0.2.13
Component: Vidalia | Version: Vidalia 0.2.10
Keywords: bridges | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Comment(by arma):
Replying to [comment:27 anonym]:
> There's actually a very valid reason for users of Vidalia to set this.
Let me quote the Vidalia network settings help:
> My ISP blocks connections to the Tor network: [...] Even if you do not
know any bridge relay addresses, checking this checkbox may still be
helpful. Tor will encrypt its directory requests [...]
> Sure, it is only relevant for clients using Tor <0.2.0.22-rc, since
TunnelDirConns and PreferTunneledDirConns are set to 1 by default from
that Tor version and on. But for users who actually read the help I would
expect some of them to set "My ISP blocks..." but add no bridges.
Somebody should fix the Vidalia help text to stop mentioning the tunnel
dir conn stuff. It's been on-by-default in Tor for years, and now will
just confuse users.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/2905#comment:28>
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