[tor-qa] Experimental 3.5.2 bundles with tor-fw-helper (automatic port forwarding)

Mon Feb 10 23:38:25 UTC 2014

>Thank you for testing! It looks like tor-fw-helper doesn't work for you.
> What do you see in the flashproxy-client.log? (Command-click on the
> application icon, and choose "Show Package Contents".)

No problem! Here's the log file:
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2014-02-09 21:37:01 VERSION 1
2014-02-09 21:37:01 Listening remote on 0.0.0.0:64365.
2014-02-09 21:37:01 Listening remote on [::]:64366.
2014-02-09 21:37:01 Listening local on 127.0.0.1:64367.
2014-02-09 21:37:01 CMETHOD flashproxy socks4 127.0.0.1:64367
2014-02-09 21:37:01 CMETHODS DONE
2014-02-09 21:37:01 Not forwarding to [::]:64366 because it is not an
IPv4 address.
2014-02-09 21:37:01 Running port forwarding command: ./tor-fw-helper -p
64365:64365
2014-02-09 21:37:09 tor-fw-helper: tor-fw-helper tcp-forward 64365 64365
FAIL All port forwarding backends (natpmp) failed.
2014-02-09 21:37:09 tor-fw-helper: E: upnpDiscover returned: NULL
2014-02-09 21:37:09 tor-fw-helper: V: natpmp initialized...
2014-02-09 21:37:09 tor-fw-helper: tor-fw-helper: 1 NAT traversal
helper(s) loaded
2014-02-09 21:37:09 tor-fw-helper: E: readnatpmpresponseorretry failed -7
2014-02-09 21:37:09 tor-fw-helper: E: errno=61 'Connection refused'
2014-02-09 21:37:09 tor-fw-helper: E: NAT-PMP It appears that something
went wrong: -7
2014-02-09 21:37:09 tor-fw-helper: tor-fw-helper: tor_fw_add_port
backend natpmp returned: -7
2014-02-09 21:37:09 tor-fw-helper exited with status 1.
2014-02-09 21:37:09 Trying to register ":64365".
2014-02-09 21:37:09 Local connection from [scrubbed].
2014-02-09 21:37:09 Running command:
/Users/**********/Downloads/TorBrowserBundle_en-US
2.app/Tor/PluggableTransports/flashproxy-reg-appspot --transport
websocket :64365
2014-02-09 21:37:09 SOCKS request from [scrubbed].
2014-02-09 21:37:09 Got SOCKS request for [scrubbed].
2014-02-09 21:37:09 locals  (1): ['[scrubbed]']
2014-02-09 21:37:09 remotes (0): []
2014-02-09 21:37:09 Data from unlinked local [scrubbed] (271 bytes).
2014-02-09 21:37:09 locals  (1): ['[scrubbed]']
2014-02-09 21:37:09 remotes (0): []
2014-02-09 21:37:15 flashproxy-reg-appspot: Registered "[scrubbed]" with
fp-reg-a.appspot.com.
2014-02-09 21:37:15 Trying to register ":64365".
2014-02-09 21:37:15 Running command:
/Users/***********/Downloads/TorBrowserBundle_en-US
2.app/Tor/PluggableTransports/flashproxy-reg-appspot --transport
websocket :64365
2014-02-09 21:37:16 flashproxy-reg-appspot: Registered "[scrubbed]" with
fp-reg-a.appspot.com.
2014-02-09 21:38:30 VERSION 1
2014-02-09 21:38:30 Listening remote on 0.0.0.0:64377.
2014-02-09 21:38:30 Listening remote on [::]:64378.
2014-02-09 21:38:30 Listening local on 127.0.0.1:64379.
2014-02-09 21:38:30 CMETHOD flashproxy socks4 127.0.0.1:64379
2014-02-09 21:38:30 CMETHODS DONE
2014-02-09 21:38:30 Not forwarding to [::]:64378 because it is not an
IPv4 address.
2014-02-09 21:38:30 Running port forwarding command: ./tor-fw-helper -p
64377:64377
2014-02-09 21:38:39 tor-fw-helper: tor-fw-helper tcp-forward 64377 64377
FAIL All port forwarding backends (natpmp) failed.
2014-02-09 21:38:39 tor-fw-helper: E: upnpDiscover returned: NULL
2014-02-09 21:38:39 tor-fw-helper: V: natpmp initialized...
2014-02-09 21:38:39 tor-fw-helper: tor-fw-helper: 1 NAT traversal
helper(s) loaded
2014-02-09 21:38:39 tor-fw-helper: E: readnatpmpresponseorretry failed -7
2014-02-09 21:38:39 tor-fw-helper: E: errno=61 'Connection refused'
2014-02-09 21:38:39 tor-fw-helper: E: NAT-PMP It appears that something
went wrong: -7
2014-02-09 21:38:39 tor-fw-helper: tor-fw-helper: tor_fw_add_port
backend natpmp returned: -7
2014-02-09 21:38:39 tor-fw-helper exited with status 1.
2014-02-09 21:38:39 Trying to register ":64377".
2014-02-09 21:38:39 Running command:
/Users/********/Downloads/TorBrowserBundle_en-US
2.app/Tor/PluggableTransports/flashproxy-reg-appspot --transport
websocket :64377
2014-02-09 21:38:39 Local connection from [scrubbed].
2014-02-09 21:38:39 SOCKS request from [scrubbed].
2014-02-09 21:38:39 Got SOCKS request for [scrubbed].
2014-02-09 21:38:39 locals  (1): ['[scrubbed]']
2014-02-09 21:38:39 remotes (0): []
2014-02-09 21:38:39 Data from unlinked local [scrubbed] (252 bytes).
2014-02-09 21:38:39 locals  (1): ['[scrubbed]']
2014-02-09 21:38:39 remotes (0): []
2014-02-09 21:38:41 flashproxy-reg-appspot: Registered "[scrubbed]" with
fp-reg-a.appspot.com.
2014-02-09 21:38:41 Trying to register ":64377".
2014-02-09 21:38:41 Running command:
/Users/*********/Downloads/TorBrowserBundle_en-US
2.app/Tor/PluggableTransports/flashproxy-reg-appspot --transport
websocket :64377
2014-02-09 21:38:43 flashproxy-reg-appspot: Registered "[scrubbed]" with
fp-reg-a.appspot.com.
2014-02-09 21:40:14 VERSION 1
2014-02-09 21:40:14 Listening remote on 0.0.0.0:64401.
2014-02-09 21:40:14 Listening remote on [::]:64402.
2014-02-09 21:40:14 Listening local on 127.0.0.1:64403.
2014-02-09 21:40:14 CMETHOD flashproxy socks4 127.0.0.1:64403
2014-02-09 21:40:14 CMETHODS DONE
2014-02-09 21:40:14 Not forwarding to [::]:64402 because it is not an
IPv4 address.
2014-02-09 21:40:14 Running port forwarding command: ./tor-fw-helper -p
64401:64401
2014-02-09 21:40:22 tor-fw-helper: tor-fw-helper tcp-forward 64401 64401
FAIL All port forwarding backends (natpmp) failed.
2014-02-09 21:40:22 tor-fw-helper: E: upnpDiscover returned: NULL
2014-02-09 21:40:22 tor-fw-helper: V: natpmp initialized...
2014-02-09 21:40:22 tor-fw-helper: tor-fw-helper: 1 NAT traversal
helper(s) loaded
2014-02-09 21:40:22 tor-fw-helper: E: readnatpmpresponseorretry failed -7
2014-02-09 21:40:22 tor-fw-helper: E: errno=61 'Connection refused'
2014-02-09 21:40:22 tor-fw-helper: E: NAT-PMP It appears that something
went wrong: -7
2014-02-09 21:40:22 tor-fw-helper: tor-fw-helper: tor_fw_add_port
backend natpmp returned: -7
2014-02-09 21:40:22 tor-fw-helper exited with status 1.
2014-02-09 21:40:22 Trying to register ":64401".
2014-02-09 21:40:22 Running command:
/Users/**********/Downloads/TorBrowserBundle_en-US
2.app/Tor/PluggableTransports/flashproxy-reg-appspot --transport
websocket :64401
2014-02-09 21:40:22 Local connection from [scrubbed].
2014-02-09 21:40:22 SOCKS request from [scrubbed].
2014-02-09 21:40:22 Got SOCKS request for [scrubbed].
2014-02-09 21:40:22 locals  (1): ['[scrubbed]']
2014-02-09 21:40:22 remotes (0): []
2014-02-09 21:40:22 Data from unlinked local [scrubbed] (252 bytes).
2014-02-09 21:40:22 locals  (1): ['[scrubbed]']
2014-02-09 21:40:22 remotes (0): []
2014-02-09 21:40:25 flashproxy-reg-appspot: Registered "[scrubbed]" with
fp-reg-a.appspot.com.
2014-02-09 21:40:25 Trying to register ":64401".
2014-02-09 21:40:25 Running command:
/Users/************/Downloads/TorBrowserBundle_en-US
2.app/Tor/PluggableTransports/flashproxy-reg-appspot --transport
websocket :64401
2014-02-09 21:40:28 flashproxy-reg-appspot: Registered "[scrubbed]" with
fp-reg-a.appspot.com.
2014-02-09 21:43:33 VERSION 1
2014-02-09 21:43:33 Listening remote on 0.0.0.0:64422.
2014-02-09 21:43:33 Listening remote on [::]:64423.
2014-02-09 21:43:33 Listening local on 127.0.0.1:64424.
2014-02-09 21:43:33 CMETHOD flashproxy socks4 127.0.0.1:64424
2014-02-09 21:43:33 CMETHODS DONE
2014-02-09 21:43:33 Not forwarding to [::]:64423 because it is not an
IPv4 address.
2014-02-09 21:43:33 Running port forwarding command: ./tor-fw-helper -p
64422:64422
2014-02-09 21:43:41 tor-fw-helper: tor-fw-helper tcp-forward 64422 64422
FAIL All port forwarding backends (natpmp) failed.
2014-02-09 21:43:41 tor-fw-helper: E: upnpDiscover returned: NULL
2014-02-09 21:43:41 tor-fw-helper: V: natpmp initialized...
2014-02-09 21:43:41 tor-fw-helper: tor-fw-helper: 1 NAT traversal
helper(s) loaded
2014-02-09 21:43:41 tor-fw-helper: E: readnatpmpresponseorretry failed -7
2014-02-09 21:43:41 tor-fw-helper: E: errno=61 'Connection refused'
2014-02-09 21:43:41 tor-fw-helper: E: NAT-PMP It appears that something
went wrong: -7
2014-02-09 21:43:41 tor-fw-helper: tor-fw-helper: tor_fw_add_port
backend natpmp returned: -7
2014-02-09 21:43:41 tor-fw-helper exited with status 1.
2014-02-09 21:43:41 Trying to register ":64422".
2014-02-09 21:43:41 Running command:
/Users/***********Downloads/TorBrowserBundle_en-US
2.app/Tor/PluggableTransports/flashproxy-reg-appspot --transport
websocket :64422
2014-02-09 21:43:41 Local connection from [scrubbed].
2014-02-09 21:43:41 SOCKS request from [scrubbed].
2014-02-09 21:43:41 Got SOCKS request for [scrubbed].
2014-02-09 21:43:41 locals  (1): ['[scrubbed]']
2014-02-09 21:43:41 remotes (0): []
2014-02-09 21:43:41 Data from unlinked local [scrubbed] (263 bytes).
2014-02-09 21:43:41 locals  (1): ['[scrubbed]']
2014-02-09 21:43:41 remotes (0): []
2014-02-09 21:43:43 flashproxy-reg-appspot: Registered "[scrubbed]" with
fp-reg-a.appspot.com.
2014-02-09 21:43:43 Trying to register ":64422".
2014-02-09 21:43:43 Running command:
/Users/*********/Downloads/TorBrowserBundle_en-US
2.app/Tor/PluggableTransports/flashproxy-reg-appspot --transport
websocket :64422
2014-02-09 21:43:45 flashproxy-reg-appspot: Registered "[scrubbed]" with
fp-reg-a.appspot.com.
2014-02-09 21:56:07 VERSION 1
2014-02-09 21:56:07 Listening remote on 0.0.0.0:64566.
2014-02-09 21:56:07 Listening remote on [::]:64567.
2014-02-09 21:56:07 Listening local on 127.0.0.1:64568.
2014-02-09 21:56:07 CMETHOD flashproxy socks4 127.0.0.1:64568
2014-02-09 21:56:07 CMETHODS DONE
2014-02-09 21:56:07 Not forwarding to [::]:64567 because it is not an
IPv4 address.
2014-02-09 21:56:07 Running port forwarding command: ./tor-fw-helper -p
64566:64566
2014-02-10 18:03:09 VERSION 1
2014-02-10 18:03:09 Listening remote on 0.0.0.0:53215.
2014-02-10 18:03:09 Listening remote on [::]:53216.
2014-02-10 18:03:09 Listening local on 127.0.0.1:53217.
2014-02-10 18:03:09 CMETHOD flashproxy socks4 127.0.0.1:53217
2014-02-10 18:03:09 CMETHODS DONE
2014-02-10 18:03:09 Not forwarding to [::]:53216 because it is not an
IPv4 address.
2014-02-10 18:03:09 Running port forwarding command: ./tor-fw-helper -p
53215:53215
2014-02-10 18:03:17 tor-fw-helper: tor-fw-helper tcp-forward 53215 53215
FAIL All port forwarding backends (natpmp) failed.
2014-02-10 18:03:17 tor-fw-helper: E: upnpDiscover returned: NULL
2014-02-10 18:03:17 tor-fw-helper: V: natpmp initialized...
2014-02-10 18:03:17 tor-fw-helper: tor-fw-helper: 1 NAT traversal
helper(s) loaded
2014-02-10 18:03:17 tor-fw-helper: E: readnatpmpresponseorretry failed -7
2014-02-10 18:03:17 tor-fw-helper: E: errno=61 'Connection refused'
2014-02-10 18:03:17 tor-fw-helper: E: NAT-PMP It appears that something
went wrong: -7
2014-02-10 18:03:17 tor-fw-helper: tor-fw-helper: tor_fw_add_port
backend natpmp returned: -7
2014-02-10 18:03:17 tor-fw-helper exited with status 1.
2014-02-10 18:03:17 Trying to register ":53215".
2014-02-10 18:03:17 Running command:
/Users/*********/Downloads/TorBrowserBundle_en-US
2.app/Tor/PluggableTransports/flashproxy-reg-appspot --transport
websocket :53215
2014-02-10 18:03:17 Local connection from [scrubbed].
2014-02-10 18:03:17 SOCKS request from [scrubbed].
2014-02-10 18:03:17 Got SOCKS request for [scrubbed].
2014-02-10 18:03:17 locals  (1): ['[scrubbed]']
2014-02-10 18:03:17 remotes (0): []
2014-02-10 18:03:17 Data from unlinked local [scrubbed] (261 bytes).
2014-02-10 18:03:17 locals  (1): ['[scrubbed]']
2014-02-10 18:03:17 remotes (0): []
2014-02-10 18:03:19 flashproxy-reg-appspot: Registered "[scrubbed]" with
fp-reg-a.appspot.com.
2014-02-10 18:03:19 Trying to register ":53215".
2014-02-10 18:03:19 Running command:
/Users/**********/Downloads/TorBrowserBundle_en-US
2.app/Tor/PluggableTransports/flashproxy-reg-appspot --transport
websocket :53215
2014-02-10 18:03:20 flashproxy-reg-appspot: Registered "[scrubbed]" with
fp-reg-a.appspot.com.

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David Fifield:
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 05:07:08PM +0000, Wilton Gorske wrote:
>> Testing: TorBrowserBundle-3.5.2-fwhelper-1-osx32_en-US.zip
>> Platform: Mac OS X 10.9.1 (13B3116)
>> Processor: 2.3GHz Intel Core i7
>> Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
>> Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB
>> Display: 15-inch (2880 x 1800 Retina)
>>
>> TBB Launches successfully: yes
>> * Connects to the Tor network: no *
>> Browser toolbars and menus work, tab dragging works: ?
> 
> Thank you for testing! It looks like tor-fw-helper doesn't work for you.
> What do you see in the flashproxy-client.log? (Command-click on the
> application icon, and choose "Show Package Contents".)
> 
>> The Tor Log:
>> 2/9/14, 21:38:30.395 [NOTICE] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9150
>> 2/9/14, 21:38:30.395 [WARN] Pluggable transport proxy (obfs2,obfs3 exec PluggableTransports/obfsproxy.bin managed) does not provide any needed transports and will not be launched.
>> 2/9/14, 21:38:32.859 [NOTICE] Bootstrapped 5%: Connecting to directory server.
>> 2/9/14, 21:38:32.859 [NOTICE] Bootstrapped 10%: Finishing handshake with directory server.
> 
> This is what I would expect to see if tor-fw-helper didn't work. Your
> computer was not able to receive a connection from a flash proxy, so it
> couldn't get past 10%.
> 
>> Launches but gets stuck “Finishing handshake with directory
>> server”. Only outbound connects to t2.gstatic.com and google.com?
> 
> The outbound connections are the rendezvous mechanism.
> https://gitweb.torproject.org/flashproxy.git/blob/HEAD:/flashproxy-reg-appspot
> In the flash proxy system, your computer needs to tell the facilitator
> that it needs service. We found a way to do it that looks like you are
> doing a Google search, more or less.
> 
> David Fifield
> 

-- 
Wilton
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