Re: [tor-bugs] #4192 [Tor Browser]: make Tor Browser fail to connect when not launched from Vidalia

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#4192: make Tor Browser fail to connect when not launched from Vidalia
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 Reporter:  ioerror      |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  defect       |         Status:  assigned 
 Priority:  blocker      |      Milestone:           
Component:  Tor Browser  |        Version:           
 Keywords:  security     |         Parent:           
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:           
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Comment(by phobos):

 I don't think we understand this situation fully. On a system without
 Firefox installed, when I start the firefox inside TBB, as in
 App/Firefox/firefox, it starts up and creates a new profile as if it is
 the system firefox.

 On a system with Firefox already installed, I start the firefox inside
 TBB, as in App/Firefox/firefox, it starts up with my default user profile.

 It sounds like we need to do more modification to the firefox we ship,
 rather than simply repackage it for a portable bundle. Rather than just a
 display problem of Aurora renamed to TorBrowser, actually rename
 everything to TorBrowser, and make the application that starts Firefox
 (such as firefox-bin, say call it torbrowser-bin) look in
 ../Data/profiles.ini first, rather than assume it's generic firefox.

 If we're going to go this far, why not just scrap vidalia and torbutton
 and build it all into the browser, ala torfox or torora?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/4192#comment:5>
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