[tor-bugs] #4290 [Vidalia]: Vidalia should not let users check "Use Bridges" without entering any

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#4290: Vidalia should not let users check "Use Bridges" without entering any
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 Reporter:  mikeperry  |          Owner:  chiiph
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  new   
 Priority:  major      |      Milestone:        
Component:  Vidalia    |        Version:        
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   Points:             |   Actualpoints:        
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Changes (by anonym):

 * cc: anonym@… (added)


Comment:

 For historical reasons it's perfectly reasonable to check the "My ISP
 blocks..." option without entering any bridges. From the Vidalia Help ->
 Configuring Tor -> Network Settings:

 > Even if you do not know any bridge relay addresses, checking this
 checkbox may still be helpful. Tor will encrypt its directory requests,
 which can defeat blocking mechanisms that try to filter Tor's requests for
 information about other relays. If connections to normal Tor relays are
 also blocked, then you will need to learn a bridge relay address somehow
 and add it here.

 E.g. it is overloaded as an option for setconf TunnelDirConns to 1 in
 older Tors that had it disabled by default; Vidalia will only setconf
 UseBridges to 1 if there was at least one bridge added as well. Imho the
 lack of one-to-one correspondence between Tor's UseBridges option and
 Vidalia's "My ISP blocks..." option is a bit confusing if you know too
 much about Tor :).

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