tor-commits

Download

tor-commits@lists.torproject.org

April 2011

18 participants
883 discussions

r24563: {website} Noting that a timeline is highly recommended for gsoc apps ( (website/trunk/about/en)
by Damian Johnson 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Author: atagar Date: 2011-04-05 15:05:20 +0000 (Tue, 05 Apr 2011) New Revision: 24563 Modified: website/trunk/about/en/gsoc.wml Log: Noting that a timeline is highly recommended for gsoc apps (caught by asn). Modified: website/trunk/about/en/gsoc.wml =================================================================== --- website/trunk/about/en/gsoc.wml 2011-04-05 02:44:58 UTC (rev 24562) +++ website/trunk/about/en/gsoc.wml 2011-04-05 15:05:20 UTC (rev 24563) @@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ descriptions of what you're going to do, with more details about the parts you expect to be tricky. Your proposal should also try to break down the project into tasks of a fairly fine granularity, and convince - us you have a plan for finishing it.</li> + us you have a plan for finishing it. A timeline for what you will be doing + throughout the summer is highly recommended.</li> <li>Point us to a code sample: something good and clean to demonstrate that you know what you're doing, ideally from an existing project.</li>

1 0

r24562: {arm} Hotfix to pick up r24560 (crashing issue when there's extra (in arm/release: . src src/util)
by Damian Johnson 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Author: atagar Date: 2011-04-05 02:44:58 +0000 (Tue, 05 Apr 2011) New Revision: 24562 Modified: arm/release/ChangeLog arm/release/src/util/torTools.py arm/release/src/version.py Log: Hotfix to pick up r24560 (crashing issue when there's extra spacing in the HiddenServicePort config option) Modified: arm/release/ChangeLog =================================================================== --- arm/release/ChangeLog 2011-04-05 02:42:18 UTC (rev 24561) +++ arm/release/ChangeLog 2011-04-05 02:44:58 UTC (rev 24562) @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ CHANGE LOG -4/4/11 - version 1.4.2 +4/4/11 - version 1.4.2 (r24555) This release chiefly consists of a fully reimplemented connection panel. Besides being a sane, maintainable implementation this includes numerous new features and improvements like full circuit paths, applications involved for local connections, and better type identification. * added: full rewrite of the connection panel, providing: @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ * fix: the 'startup.dataDirectory' config option was being ignored * fix: recognizing the proper private ip ranges of the 172.* block * fix: missing 'is default' option from config sort ordering + * fix (4/4/11): hidden service parsing issue when there's multiple spaces in the HiddenServicePort opition (caught by Nicolas Pouillard) 1/7/11 - version 1.4.1 (r24054) Platform specific enhancements including BSD compatibility and vastly improved performance on Linux. @@ -89,6 +90,11 @@ * fix: connection resolution wasn't finding results if tor was running under a different name * fix: brought all Linux connection resolvers into parity (established tcp connections only) * fix: commands with quoted pipes were being mis-parsed by the sysTools' call function + * fix (1/11/11, r24064): including platform, python version, and arm/tor configurations in debug dumps + * fix (1/11/11, r24064): properly parse the ps field when displaying decimal seconds (patch by Fabian) + * fix (1/11/11, r24064): error when initial resource lookups fail (caught by Trystero) + * fix (1/12/11, r24075): decimal seconds in the ps uptime field were being misparsed (patch by Fabian) + * fix (1/15/11, r24092): adding a --docPath argument to help Gentoo ebuilds (https://bugs.gentoo.org/349792) 11/27/10 - version 1.4.0 (r23873) Introducing a new page for managing tor's configuration, along with several other improvements. Modified: arm/release/src/util/torTools.py =================================================================== --- arm/release/src/util/torTools.py 2011-04-05 02:42:18 UTC (rev 24561) +++ arm/release/src/util/torTools.py 2011-04-05 02:44:58 UTC (rev 24562) @@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ if " " in hsEntry: # parses the target, checking if it's a port or IP:Port combination - hsTarget = hsEntry.split(" ")[1] + hsTarget = hsEntry.split()[1] if ":" in hsTarget: hsPort = hsTarget.split(":")[1] # target is the IP:Port Modified: arm/release/src/version.py =================================================================== --- arm/release/src/version.py 2011-04-05 02:42:18 UTC (rev 24561) +++ arm/release/src/version.py 2011-04-05 02:44:58 UTC (rev 24562) @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ Provides arm's version and release date. """ -VERSION = '1.4.2' +VERSION = '1.4.2.1' LAST_MODIFIED = "April 4, 2011"

1 0

r24561: {arm} Updating release notes to reflect bug caught by Nicolas plus (arm/trunk)
by Damian Johnson 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Author: atagar Date: 2011-04-05 02:42:18 +0000 (Tue, 05 Apr 2011) New Revision: 24561 Modified: arm/trunk/ChangeLog Log: Updating release notes to reflect bug caught by Nicolas plus hotfixes for the last release that never made it into the changelog. Modified: arm/trunk/ChangeLog =================================================================== --- arm/trunk/ChangeLog 2011-04-05 02:32:07 UTC (rev 24560) +++ arm/trunk/ChangeLog 2011-04-05 02:42:18 UTC (rev 24561) @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ * fix: the 'startup.dataDirectory' config option was being ignored * fix: recognizing the proper private ip ranges of the 172.* block * fix: missing 'is default' option from config sort ordering + * fix (4/4/11): hidden service parsing issue when there's multiple spaces in the HiddenServicePort opition (caught by Nicolas Pouillard) 1/7/11 - version 1.4.1 (r24054) Platform specific enhancements including BSD compatibility and vastly improved performance on Linux. @@ -89,6 +90,11 @@ * fix: connection resolution wasn't finding results if tor was running under a different name * fix: brought all Linux connection resolvers into parity (established tcp connections only) * fix: commands with quoted pipes were being mis-parsed by the sysTools' call function + * fix (1/11/11, r24064): including platform, python version, and arm/tor configurations in debug dumps + * fix (1/11/11, r24064): properly parse the ps field when displaying decimal seconds (patch by Fabian) + * fix (1/11/11, r24064): error when initial resource lookups fail (caught by Trystero) + * fix (1/12/11, r24075): decimal seconds in the ps uptime field were being misparsed (patch by Fabian) + * fix (1/15/11, r24092): adding a --docPath argument to help Gentoo ebuilds (https://bugs.gentoo.org/349792) 11/27/10 - version 1.4.0 (r23873) Introducing a new page for managing tor's configuration, along with several other improvements.

1 0

r24560: {arm} Hidden service parsing issue when there's multiple spaces in (arm/trunk/src/util)
by Damian Johnson 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Author: atagar Date: 2011-04-05 02:32:07 +0000 (Tue, 05 Apr 2011) New Revision: 24560 Modified: arm/trunk/src/util/torTools.py Log: Hidden service parsing issue when there's multiple spaces in the HiddenServicePort opition (caught by Nicolas Pouillard) Modified: arm/trunk/src/util/torTools.py =================================================================== --- arm/trunk/src/util/torTools.py 2011-04-05 00:39:17 UTC (rev 24559) +++ arm/trunk/src/util/torTools.py 2011-04-05 02:32:07 UTC (rev 24560) @@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ if " " in hsEntry: # parses the target, checking if it's a port or IP:Port combination - hsTarget = hsEntry.split(" ")[1] + hsTarget = hsEntry.split()[1] if ":" in hsTarget: hsPort = hsTarget.split(":")[1] # target is the IP:Port

1 0

r24559: {website} Update Torbutton design doc. (website/trunk/torbutton/en/design)
by Mike Perry 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Author: mikeperry Date: 2011-04-05 00:39:17 +0000 (Tue, 05 Apr 2011) New Revision: 24559 Modified: website/trunk/torbutton/en/design/FF40_AUDIT website/trunk/torbutton/en/design/design.xml website/trunk/torbutton/en/design/index.html.en Log: Update Torbutton design doc. Modified: website/trunk/torbutton/en/design/FF40_AUDIT =================================================================== --- website/trunk/torbutton/en/design/FF40_AUDIT 2011-04-04 21:05:05 UTC (rev 24558) +++ website/trunk/torbutton/en/design/FF40_AUDIT 2011-04-05 00:39:17 UTC (rev 24559) @@ -1,36 +1,44 @@ -- Major compatibility issues: - http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2010/11/11/making-add-on-compatible-firefox-… - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Extensions/Updating_extensions_for_Firefox… - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XPCOM/XPCOM_changes_in_Gecko_2.0 +- Review of https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Firefox_4_for_developers + - Potential proxy issues + - DocShell and plugins inside createHTMLDocument? + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/DOMImplementation.createHTMLDocument + - WebSockets? + - Media attributes? + - "buffered" + - "preload" + - new codecs? + - What the hell is a blob url? + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.createBlobURL + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.revokeBlobURL + - Seems only relevent to FS injection.. + - WebThreads are OK: + - https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Using_web_workers + - Network activity blocked by content policy + - Fingerprinting issues: + - New screen attributes + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.mozInnerScreenX, Y + - Bounding rectangles -> window sizes? + - Maybe not display sizes, but seems possible to fingerprint rendered + content size.. ugh. + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/element.getBoundingClientRect + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/dom:range + - CSS resize, media queries, etc.. + - WebGL may also expose screen properties and video card properties: + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/WebGL + - https://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/specs/1.0/#5.2 + - https://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/specs/1.0/#5.11 + - SVG needs auditing. It may also expose absolute coords, but appears OK + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/SVG/SVG_animation_with_SMIL + - Mouse events reveal desktop coordinates + - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503943 + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Event/UIEvent/MouseEvent + - Actual screen dimensions not exposed + - Identifier Storage + - Content Secuity Properties may need clearing: + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Security/CSP + - STS cache needs clearing + - New window.history functions may allow state smuggling + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Manipulating_the_browser_history -- Key high level concerns: - - WebThreads - - https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Using_web_workers - - Network activity blocked by content policy - - What the hell is a blob url? - - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.createBlobURL - - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.revokeBlobURL - - Seems only relevent to FS injection.. - - WebSockets - - New window.history functions may allow state smuggling - - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Manipulating_the_browser_history - - New screen attributes - - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.mozInnerScreenX, Y - - Bounding rectangles -> window sizes? - - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=396392 - - Mouse events reveal desktop coordinates? - - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503943 - - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Event/UIEvent/MouseEvent - - DocShell and plugins inside createHTMLDocument? - - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/DOMImplementation.createHTMLDocument - - Media attributes - - "buffered" - - "preload" - - new codecs? - - - -- New fingerprinting threats: - - Lots of things are now available to CSS :( - - +- New Javascript hooking options may help improve Date() hooks: + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/New_in_JavaScript/1.8.5 Modified: website/trunk/torbutton/en/design/design.xml =================================================================== (Binary files differ) Modified: website/trunk/torbutton/en/design/index.html.en =================================================================== --- website/trunk/torbutton/en/design/index.html.en 2011-04-04 21:05:05 UTC (rev 24558) +++ website/trunk/torbutton/en/design/index.html.en 2011-04-05 00:39:17 UTC (rev 24559) @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> -<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Torbutton Design Documentation</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /></head><body><div class="article" title="Torbutton Design Documentation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="design"></a>Torbutton Design Documentation</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Mike</span> <span class="surname">Perry</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:mikeperry.fscked/org">mikeperry.fscked/org</a>></code></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">Apr 3 2011</p></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2632653">1. Introduction</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#adversary">1.1. Adversary Model</a>< /span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#requirements">1.2. Torbutton Requirements</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#layout">1.3. Extension Layout</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#components">2. Components</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#hookedxpcom">2.1. Hooked Components</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2657921">2.2. New Components</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2636893">3. Chrome</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2658833">3.1. XUL Windows and Overlays</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2655137">3.2. Major Chrome Observers</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2657565">4. Toggle Code Path</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2653926">4.1. Button Click</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2652911">4.2. Proxy Update</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a hre f="#id2647095">4.3. Settings Update</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#preferences">4.4. Firefox preferences touched during Toggle</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2659431">5. Description of Options</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2661813">5.1. Proxy Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2660939">5.2. Dynamic Content Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2670963">5.3. History and Forms Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2671276">5.4. Cache Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2671385">5.5. Cookie and Auth Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2671698">5.6. Startup Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2671812">5.7. Shutdown Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2671872">5.8. Header Settings</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#Fir efoxBugs">6. Relevant Firefox Bugs</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#FirefoxSecurity">6.1. Bugs impacting security</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#FirefoxWishlist">6.2. Bugs blocking functionality</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#FirefoxMiscBugs">6.3. Low Priority Bugs</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#TestPlan">7. Testing</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#SingleStateTesting">7.1. Single state testing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2673409">7.2. Multi-state testing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#HackTorbutton">7.3. Active testing (aka How to Hack Torbutton)</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="sect1" title="1. Introduction"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2632653"></a>1. Introduction</h2></div></div></div><p> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Torbutton Design Documentation</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /></head><body><div class="article" title="Torbutton Design Documentation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="design"></a>Torbutton Design Documentation</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Mike</span> <span class="surname">Perry</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:mikeperry.fscked/org">mikeperry.fscked/org</a>></code></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">Apr 4 2011</p></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2657298">1. Introduction</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#adversary">1.1. Adversary Model</a>< /span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#requirements">1.2. Torbutton Requirements</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#layout">1.3. Extension Layout</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#components">2. Components</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#hookedxpcom">2.1. Hooked Components</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2682565">2.2. New Components</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2661538">3. Chrome</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2683477">3.1. XUL Windows and Overlays</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2679782">3.2. Major Chrome Observers</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2682210">4. Toggle Code Path</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2678571">4.1. Button Click</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2677555">4.2. Proxy Update</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a hre f="#id2671739">4.3. Settings Update</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#preferences">4.4. Firefox preferences touched during Toggle</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2684076">5. Description of Options</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2686457">5.1. Proxy Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2685583">5.2. Dynamic Content Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2695607">5.3. History and Forms Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2695921">5.4. Cache Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2696030">5.5. Cookie and Auth Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2696343">5.6. Startup Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2696457">5.7. Shutdown Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2696517">5.8. Header Settings</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#Fir efoxBugs">6. Relevant Firefox Bugs</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#FirefoxSecurity">6.1. Bugs impacting security</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#FirefoxWishlist">6.2. Bugs blocking functionality</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#FirefoxMiscBugs">6.3. Low Priority Bugs</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#TestPlan">7. Testing</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#SingleStateTesting">7.1. Single state testing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2698010">7.2. Multi-state testing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#HackTorbutton">7.3. Active testing (aka How to Hack Torbutton)</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="sect1" title="1. Introduction"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2657298"></a>1. Introduction</h2></div></div></div><p> This document describes the goals, operation, and testing procedures of the Torbutton Firefox extension. It is current as of Torbutton 1.3.2. @@ -192,17 +192,18 @@ From the above Adversary Model, a number of requirements become clear. </p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><a id="proxy"></a><span class="command"><strong>Proxy Obedience</strong></span><p>The browser -MUST NOT bypass Tor proxy settings for any content.</p></li><li class="listitem"><a id="isolation"></a><span class="command"><strong>Network Isolation</strong></span><p>Pages MUST NOT perform any network activity in a Tor state different - from the state they were originally loaded in.</p></li><li class="listitem"><a id="state"></a><span class="command"><strong>State Separation</strong></span><p>Browser state (cookies, cache, history, 'DOM storage'), accumulated in +MUST NOT bypass Tor proxy settings for any content.</p></li><li class="listitem"><a id="state"></a><span class="command"><strong>State Separation</strong></span><p>Browser state (cookies, cache, history, 'DOM storage'), accumulated in one Tor state MUST NOT be accessible via the network in - another Tor state.</p></li><li class="listitem"><a id="undiscoverability"></a><span class="command"><strong>Tor Undiscoverability</strong></span><p>With + another Tor state.</p></li><li class="listitem"><a id="isolation"></a><span class="command"><strong>Network Isolation</strong></span><p>Pages MUST NOT perform any network activity in a Tor state different + from the state they were originally loaded in.</p></li><li class="listitem"><a id="undiscoverability"></a><span class="command"><strong>Tor Undiscoverability</strong></span><p>With the advent of bridge support in Tor 0.2.0.x, there are now a class of Tor users whose network fingerprint does not obviously betray the fact that they are using Tor. This should extend to the browser as well - Torbutton MUST NOT reveal its presence while Tor is disabled.</p></li><li class="listitem"><a id="disk"></a><span class="command"><strong>Disk Avoidance</strong></span><p>The browser SHOULD NOT write any Tor-related state to disk, or store it in memory beyond the duration of one Tor toggle.</p></li><li class="listitem"><a id="location"></a><span class="command"><strong>Location Neutrality</strong></span><p>The browser SHOULD NOT leak location-specific information, such as timezone or locale via Tor.</p></li><li class="listitem"><a id="setpreservation"></a><span class="command"><strong>Anonymity Set -Preservation</strong></span><p>The browser SHOULD NOT leak any other anonymity set reducing information +Preservation</strong></span><p>The browser SHOULD NOT leak any other anonymity +set reducing or fingerprinting information (such as user agent, extension presence, and resolution information) automatically via Tor. The assessment of the attacks above should make it clear that anonymity set reduction is a very powerful method of tracking and @@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ back to arbitrary servers outside of Tor with no user intervention. Fixing this issue helps to satisfy Torbutton's <a class="link" href="#proxy">Proxy Obedience</a> Requirement. - </p></div><div class="sect3" title="@mozilla.org/browser/global-history;2 - components/ignore-history.js"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2644921"></a><a class="ulink" href="http://www.oxymoronical.com/experiments/xpcomref/applications/Firefox/3.5/c…" target="_top">@mozilla.org/browser/global-history;2</a> + </p></div><div class="sect3" title="@mozilla.org/browser/global-history;2 - components/ignore-history.js"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2669566"></a><a class="ulink" href="http://www.oxymoronical.com/experiments/xpcomref/applications/Firefox/3.5/c…" target="_top">@mozilla.org/browser/global-history;2</a> - <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">components/ignore-history.js</a></h4></div></div></div><p>This component was contributed by <a class="ulink" href="http://www.collinjackson.com/" target="_top">Collin Jackson</a> as a method for defeating CSS and Javascript-based methods of history disclosure. The global-history component is what is used by Firefox to determine if a link was visited or not @@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ This component helps satisfy the <a class="link" href="#isolation">Network Isolation</a> and <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirements. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="2.2. New Components"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2657921"></a>2.2. New Components</h3></div></div></div><p>Torbutton creates four new components that are used throughout the +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="2.2. New Components"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2682565"></a>2.2. New Components</h3></div></div></div><p>Torbutton creates four new components that are used throughout the extension. These components do not hook any interfaces, nor are they used anywhere besides Torbutton itself.</p><div class="sect3" title="@torproject.org/cookie-jar-selector;2 - components/cookie-jar-selector.js"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="cookiejar"></a><a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/cookie-jar-selector;2 - components/cookie-jar-selector.js</a></h4></div></div></div><p>The cookie jar selector (also based on code from <a class="ulink" href="http://www.collinjackson.com/" target="_top">Collin @@ -289,7 +290,7 @@ </p><p> This component helps to address the <a class="link" href="#state">State Isolation</a> requirement of Torbutton. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="@torproject.org/torbutton-logger;1 - components/torbutton-logger.js"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2670270"></a><a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/torbutton-logger;1 +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="@torproject.org/torbutton-logger;1 - components/torbutton-logger.js"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2694914"></a><a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/torbutton-logger;1 - components/torbutton-logger.js</a></h4></div></div></div><p>The torbutton logger component allows on-the-fly redirection of torbutton logging messages to either Firefox stderr (<span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.logmethod=0</strong></span>), the Javascript error console @@ -328,9 +329,9 @@ years past. </p></div><div class="sect3" title="@torproject.org/torRefSpoofer;1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="refspoofer"></a><a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/torRefSpoofer;1</a></h4></div></div></div><p> -This component handles optional referrer spoofing for Torbuton. It implements a +This component handles optional referer spoofing for Torbutton. It implements a form of "smart" referer spoofing using <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Setting_HTTP_request_headers" target="_top">http-on-modify-request</a> -to modify the Referrer header. The code sends the default browser referrer +to modify the Referer header. The code sends the default browser referer header only if the destination domain is a suffix of the source, or if the source is a suffix of the destination. Otherwise, it sends no referer. This strange suffix logic is used as a heuristic: some rare sites on the web block @@ -370,17 +371,17 @@ </p><p> This helps to fulfill both the <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> and the <a class="link" href="#undiscoverability">Tor Undiscoverability</a> requirements of -Torbutton.</p></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="3. Chrome"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2636893"></a>3. Chrome</h2></div></div></div><p>The chrome is where all the torbutton graphical elements and windows are -located. </p><div class="sect2" title="3.1. XUL Windows and Overlays"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2658833"></a>3.1. XUL Windows and Overlays</h3></div></div></div><p> +Torbutton.</p></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="3. Chrome"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2661538"></a>3. Chrome</h2></div></div></div><p>The chrome is where all the torbutton graphical elements and windows are +located. </p><div class="sect2" title="3.1. XUL Windows and Overlays"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2683477"></a>3.1. XUL Windows and Overlays</h3></div></div></div><p> Each window is described as an <a class="ulink" href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XUL_Reference" target="_top">XML file</a>, with zero or more Javascript files attached. The scope of these Javascript files is their containing window. XUL files that add new elements and script to existing Firefox windows are called overlays.</p><div class="sect3" title="Browser Overlay - torbutton.xul"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="browseroverlay"></a>Browser Overlay - <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">torbutton.xul</a></h4></div></div></div><p>The browser overlay, torbutton.xul, defines the toolbar button, the status bar, and events for toggling the button. The overlay code is in <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">chrome/content/torbutton.js</a>. It contains event handlers for preference update, shutdown, upgrade, and -location change events.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Preferences Window - preferences.xul"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2647653"></a>Preferences Window - <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">preferences.xul</a></h4></div></div></div><p>The preferences window of course lays out the Torbutton preferences, with -handlers located in <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">chrome/content/preferences.js</a>.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Other Windows"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2665081"></a>Other Windows</h4></div></div></div><p>There are additional windows that describe popups for right clicking on -the status bar, the toolbutton, and the about page.</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="3.2. Major Chrome Observers"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2655137"></a>3.2. Major Chrome Observers</h3></div></div></div><p> +location change events.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Preferences Window - preferences.xul"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2672297"></a>Preferences Window - <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">preferences.xul</a></h4></div></div></div><p>The preferences window of course lays out the Torbutton preferences, with +handlers located in <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">chrome/content/preferences.js</a>.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Other Windows"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2689726"></a>Other Windows</h4></div></div></div><p>There are additional windows that describe popups for right clicking on +the status bar, the toolbutton, and the about page.</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="3.2. Major Chrome Observers"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2679782"></a>3.2. Major Chrome Observers</h3></div></div></div><p> In addition to the <a class="link" href="#components" title="2. Components">components described above</a>, Torbutton also instantiates several observers in the browser overlay window. These mostly grew due to scoping convenience, and many should @@ -434,7 +435,7 @@ <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.screen" target="_top">window.screen</a> object to obfuscate browser and desktop resolution information. -</p></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="4. Toggle Code Path"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2657565"></a>4. Toggle Code Path</h2></div></div></div><p> +</p></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="4. Toggle Code Path"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2682210"></a>4. Toggle Code Path</h2></div></div></div><p> The act of toggling is connected to <code class="function">torbutton_toggle()</code> via the <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">torbutton.xul</a> @@ -455,7 +456,7 @@ 409737</a> unfixed. The content policy does not allow any network activity whatsoever during this three stage transition. - </p><div class="sect2" title="4.1. Button Click"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2653926"></a>4.1. Button Click</h3></div></div></div><p> + </p><div class="sect2" title="4.1. Button Click"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2678571"></a>4.1. Button Click</h3></div></div></div><p> This is the first step in the toggling process. When the user clicks the toggle button or the toolbar, <code class="function">torbutton_toggle()</code> is @@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ <span class="command"><strong>torbutton_unique_pref_observer</strong></span> to perform the rest of the toggle. - </p></div><div class="sect2" title="4.2. Proxy Update"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2652911"></a>4.2. Proxy Update</h3></div></div></div><p> + </p></div><div class="sect2" title="4.2. Proxy Update"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2677555"></a>4.2. Proxy Update</h3></div></div></div><p> When Torbutton receives any proxy change notifications via its <span class="command"><strong>torbutton_unique_pref_observer</strong></span>, it calls @@ -483,7 +484,7 @@ observer so that other addons (such as SwitchProxy) can switch the proxy settings between multiple proxies. - </p></div><div class="sect2" title="4.3. Settings Update"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2647095"></a>4.3. Settings Update</h3></div></div></div><p> + </p></div><div class="sect2" title="4.3. Settings Update"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2671739"></a>4.3. Settings Update</h3></div></div></div><p> The next stage is also handled by <code class="function">torbutton_update_status()</code>. This function sets scores of @@ -610,10 +611,10 @@ Avoidance</a> and <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirements. - </p></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="5. Description of Options"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2659431"></a>5. Description of Options</h2></div></div></div><p>This section provides a detailed description of Torbutton's options. Each + </p></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="5. Description of Options"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2684076"></a>5. Description of Options</h2></div></div></div><p>This section provides a detailed description of Torbutton's options. Each option is presented as the string from the preferences window, a summary, the preferences it touches, and the effect this has on the components, chrome, and -browser properties.</p><div class="sect2" title="5.1. Proxy Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2661813"></a>5.1. Proxy Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Test Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2663502"></a>Test Settings</h4></div></div></div><p> +browser properties.</p><div class="sect2" title="5.1. Proxy Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2686457"></a>5.1. Proxy Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Test Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2688146"></a>Test Settings</h4></div></div></div><p> This button under the Proxy Settings tab provides a way to verify that the proxy settings are correct, and actually do route through the Tor network. It performs this check by issuing an <a class="ulink" href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XMLHttpRequest" target="_top">XMLHTTPRequest</a> @@ -628,7 +629,7 @@ window</a> callback <code class="function">torbutton_prefs_test_settings()</code> in <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">preferences.js</a>. - </p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.2. Dynamic Content Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2660939"></a>5.2. Dynamic Content Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable plugins on Tor Usage (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="plugins"></a>Disable plugins on Tor Usage (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.no_tor_plugins</strong></span></p><p>Java and plugins <a class="ulink" href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/net/class-use/NetworkInterface…" target="_top">can query</a> the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0095.html" target="_top">local IP + </p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.2. Dynamic Content Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2685583"></a>5.2. Dynamic Content Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable plugins on Tor Usage (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="plugins"></a>Disable plugins on Tor Usage (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.no_tor_plugins</strong></span></p><p>Java and plugins <a class="ulink" href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/net/class-use/NetworkInterface…" target="_top">can query</a> the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0095.html" target="_top">local IP address</a> and report it back to the remote site. They can also <a class="ulink" href="http://decloak.net" target="_top">bypass proxy settings</a> and directly connect to a remote site without Tor. Every browser plugin we have tested with Firefox has @@ -672,7 +673,7 @@ Since most plugins completely ignore browser proxy settings, the actions performed by this setting are crucial to satisfying the <a class="link" href="#proxy">Proxy Obedience</a> requirement. - </p></div><div class="sect3" title="Isolate Dynamic Content to Tor State (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2660188"></a>Isolate Dynamic Content to Tor State (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.isolate_content</strong></span></p><p>Enabling this preference is what enables the <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/cssblocker;1</a> content policy + </p></div><div class="sect3" title="Isolate Dynamic Content to Tor State (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2684833"></a>Isolate Dynamic Content to Tor State (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.isolate_content</strong></span></p><p>Enabling this preference is what enables the <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/cssblocker;1</a> content policy mentioned above, and causes it to block content load attempts in pages an opposite Tor state from the current state. Freshly loaded <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL/tabbrowser" target="_top">browser tabs</a> are tagged @@ -724,7 +725,7 @@ -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Resize windows to multiples of 50px during Tor usage (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2629024"></a>Resize windows to multiples of 50px during Tor usage (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.resize_windows</strong></span></p><p> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Resize windows to multiples of 50px during Tor usage (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2653668"></a>Resize windows to multiples of 50px during Tor usage (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.resize_windows</strong></span></p><p> This option drastically cuts down on the number of distinct anonymity sets that divide the Tor web userbase. Without this setting, the dimensions for a @@ -759,7 +760,7 @@ </p><p> This setting helps to meet the <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable Search Suggestions during Tor (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2629109"></a>Disable Search Suggestions during Tor (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.no_search</strong></span></p><p> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable Search Suggestions during Tor (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2653753"></a>Disable Search Suggestions during Tor (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.no_search</strong></span></p><p> This setting causes Torbutton to disable <a class="ulink" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.search.suggest.enabled" target="_top"><span class="command"><strong>browser.search.suggest.enabled</strong></span></a> during Tor usage. This governs if you get Google search suggestions during Tor @@ -770,7 +771,7 @@ While this setting doesn't satisfy any Torbutton requirements, the fact that cookies are transmitted for partially typed queries does not seem desirable for Tor usage. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable Updates During Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2629148"></a>Disable Updates During Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.no_updates</strong></span></p><p>This setting causes Torbutton to disable the four <a class="ulink" href="http://wiki.mozilla.org/Update:Users/Checking_For_Updates#Preference_Contro…" target="_top">Firefox +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable Updates During Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2653792"></a>Disable Updates During Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.no_updates</strong></span></p><p>This setting causes Torbutton to disable the four <a class="ulink" href="http://wiki.mozilla.org/Update:Users/Checking_For_Updates#Preference_Contro…" target="_top">Firefox update settings</a> during Tor usage: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.update.enabled</strong></span>, <span class="command"><strong>app.update.enabled</strong></span>, @@ -780,7 +781,7 @@ checking for search plugin updates while Tor is enabled. </p><p> This setting satisfies the <a class="link" href="#updates">Update Safety</a> requirement. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Redirect Torbutton Updates Via Tor (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2629209"></a>Redirect Torbutton Updates Via Tor (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.update_torbutton_via_tor</strong></span></p><p>This setting causes Torbutton to install an +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Redirect Torbutton Updates Via Tor (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2653854"></a>Redirect Torbutton Updates Via Tor (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.update_torbutton_via_tor</strong></span></p><p>This setting causes Torbutton to install an <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsIProtocolProxyFilter" target="_top">nsIProtocolProxyFilter</a> in order to redirect all version update checks and Torbutton update downloads @@ -789,7 +790,7 @@ help censored users meet the <a class="link" href="#undiscoverability">Tor Undiscoverability</a> requirement. - </p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable livemarks updates during Tor usage (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2629253"></a>Disable livemarks updates during Tor usage (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: + </p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable livemarks updates during Tor usage (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2653898"></a>Disable livemarks updates during Tor usage (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.disable_livemarks</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> @@ -804,7 +805,7 @@ This helps satisfy the <a class="link" href="#isolation">Network Isolation</a> and <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Block Tor/Non-Tor access to network from file:// urls (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2629325"></a>Block Tor/Non-Tor access to network from file:// urls (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Block Tor/Non-Tor access to network from file:// urls (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2653969"></a>Block Tor/Non-Tor access to network from file:// urls (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_tor_file_net</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_nontor_file_net</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> @@ -824,7 +825,7 @@ operations in opposite Tor states. Also, allowing pages to submit arbitrary files to arbitrary sites just generally seems like a bad idea. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Close all Tor/Non-Tor tabs and windows on toggle (optional)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2629397"></a>Close all Tor/Non-Tor tabs and windows on toggle (optional)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Close all Tor/Non-Tor tabs and windows on toggle (optional)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2654041"></a>Close all Tor/Non-Tor tabs and windows on toggle (optional)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.close_nontor</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.close_tor</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> @@ -848,7 +849,7 @@ While this setting doesn't satisfy any Torbutton requirements, the fact that cookies are transmitted for partially typed queries does not seem desirable for Tor usage. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.3. History and Forms Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2670963"></a>5.3. History and Forms Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Isolate Access to History navigation to Tor state (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2670968"></a>Isolate Access to History navigation to Tor state (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_js_history</strong></span></p><p> +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.3. History and Forms Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2695607"></a>5.3. History and Forms Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Isolate Access to History navigation to Tor state (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2695612"></a>Isolate Access to History navigation to Tor state (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_js_history</strong></span></p><p> This setting determines if Torbutton installs an <a class="ulink" href="http://www.oxymoronical.com/experiments/apidocs/interface/nsISHistoryListen…" target="_top">nsISHistoryListener</a> attached to the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.oxymoronical.com/experiments/apidocs/interface/nsISHistory" target="_top">sessionHistory</a> of of each browser's <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL%3aProperty%3awebNavigation" target="_top">webNavigatator</a>. @@ -876,7 +877,7 @@ Separation</a> and (until Bug 409737 is fixed) <a class="link" href="#isolation">Network Isolation</a> requirements. - </p></div><div class="sect3" title="History Access Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671045"></a>History Access Settings</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: + </p></div><div class="sect3" title="History Access Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2695690"></a>History Access Settings</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_thread</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_nthread</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_thwrite</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_nthwrite</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p>On Firefox 3.x, these four settings govern the behavior of the <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">components/ignore-history.js</a> history blocker component mentioned above. By hooking the browser's view of @@ -897,12 +898,12 @@ history store while set. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear History During Tor Toggle (optional)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671171"></a>Clear History During Tor Toggle (optional)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_history</strong></span></p><p>This setting governs if Torbutton calls +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear History During Tor Toggle (optional)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2695816"></a>Clear History During Tor Toggle (optional)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_history</strong></span></p><p>This setting governs if Torbutton calls <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsIBrowserHistory#removeAllPages.28.29" target="_top">nsIBrowserHistory.removeAllPages</a> and <a class="ulink" href="http://www.oxymoronical.com/experiments/apidocs/interface/nsISHistory" target="_top">nsISHistory.PurgeHistory</a> for each tab on Tor toggle.</p><p> This setting is an optional way to help satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Block Password+Form saving during Tor/Non-Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671214"></a>Block Password+Form saving during Tor/Non-Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Block Password+Form saving during Tor/Non-Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2695859"></a>Block Password+Form saving during Tor/Non-Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_tforms</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_ntforms</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p>These settings govern if Torbutton disables <span class="command"><strong>browser.formfill.enable</strong></span> @@ -911,19 +912,19 @@ more important than it seems. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> requirements. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.4. Cache Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2671276"></a>5.4. Cache Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Block Tor disk cache and clear all cache on Tor Toggle"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671281"></a>Block Tor disk cache and clear all cache on Tor Toggle</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_cache</strong></span> +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.4. Cache Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2695921"></a>5.4. Cache Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Block Tor disk cache and clear all cache on Tor Toggle"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2695926"></a>Block Tor disk cache and clear all cache on Tor Toggle</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_cache</strong></span> </p><p>This option causes Torbutton to call <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsICacheService#evictEntries.28.29" target="_top">nsICacheService.evictEntries(0)</a> on Tor toggle to remove all entries from the cache. In addition, this setting causes Torbutton to set <a class="ulink" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.disk.enable" target="_top">browser.cache.disk.enable</a> to false. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Block disk and memory cache during Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671331"></a>Block disk and memory cache during Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_cache</strong></span></p><p>This setting +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Block disk and memory cache during Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2695976"></a>Block disk and memory cache during Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_cache</strong></span></p><p>This setting causes Torbutton to set <a class="ulink" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.memory.enable" target="_top">browser.cache.memory.enable</a>, <a class="ulink" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.disk.enable" target="_top">browser.cache.disk.enable</a> and <a class="ulink" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.http.use-cache" target="_top">network.http.use-cache</a> to false during tor usage. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> requirements. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.5. Cookie and Auth Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2671385"></a>5.5. Cookie and Auth Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear Cookies on Tor Toggle"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671390"></a>Clear Cookies on Tor Toggle</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_cookies</strong></span> +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.5. Cookie and Auth Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2696030"></a>5.5. Cookie and Auth Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear Cookies on Tor Toggle"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696035"></a>Clear Cookies on Tor Toggle</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_cookies</strong></span> </p><p> This setting causes Torbutton to call <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsICookieManager#removeAll.28.29" target="_top">nsICookieManager.removeAll()</a> on @@ -933,7 +934,7 @@ </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Store Non-Tor cookies in a protected jar"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671441"></a>Store Non-Tor cookies in a protected jar</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.cookie_jars</strong></span> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Store Non-Tor cookies in a protected jar"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696086"></a>Store Non-Tor cookies in a protected jar</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.cookie_jars</strong></span> </p><p> This setting causes Torbutton to use <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/cookie-jar-selector;2</a> to store @@ -946,15 +947,15 @@ </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Store both Non-Tor and Tor cookies in a protected jar (dangerous)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671498"></a>Store both Non-Tor and Tor cookies in a protected jar (dangerous)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.dual_cookie_jars</strong></span> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Store both Non-Tor and Tor cookies in a protected jar (dangerous)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696143"></a>Store both Non-Tor and Tor cookies in a protected jar (dangerous)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.dual_cookie_jars</strong></span> </p><p> This setting causes Torbutton to use <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/cookie-jar-selector;2</a> to store both Tor and Non-Tor cookies into protected jars. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Manage My Own Cookies (dangerous)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671540"></a>Manage My Own Cookies (dangerous)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: None</p><p>This setting disables all Torbutton cookie handling by setting the above -cookie prefs all to false.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable DOM Storage during Tor usage (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671556"></a>Disable DOM Storage during Tor usage (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Do not write Tor/Non-Tor cookies to disk"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671558"></a>Do not write Tor/Non-Tor cookies to disk</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Manage My Own Cookies (dangerous)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696185"></a>Manage My Own Cookies (dangerous)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: None</p><p>This setting disables all Torbutton cookie handling by setting the above +cookie prefs all to false.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable DOM Storage during Tor usage (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696201"></a>Disable DOM Storage during Tor usage (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Do not write Tor/Non-Tor cookies to disk"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696203"></a>Do not write Tor/Non-Tor cookies to disk</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.tor_memory_jar</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.nontor_memory_jar</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> These settings (contributed by arno) cause Torbutton to set <a class="ulink" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.cookie.lifetimePolicy" target="_top">network.cookie.lifetimePolicy</a> @@ -974,13 +975,13 @@ <a class="ulink" href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:Storage" target="_top">DOM Storage</a> from being used to store persistent information across Tor states.</p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear HTTP Auth on Tor Toggle (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671659"></a>Clear HTTP Auth on Tor Toggle (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_http_auth</strong></span> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear HTTP Auth on Tor Toggle (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696304"></a>Clear HTTP Auth on Tor Toggle (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_http_auth</strong></span> </p><p> This setting causes Torbutton to call <a class="ulink" href="http://www.oxymoronical.com/experiments/apidocs/interface/nsIHttpAuthManager" target="_top">nsIHttpAuthManager.clearAll()</a> every time Tor is toggled. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.6. Startup Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2671698"></a>5.6. Startup Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="On Browser Startup, set Tor state to: Tor, Non-Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671703"></a>On Browser Startup, set Tor state to: Tor, Non-Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.6. Startup Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2696343"></a>5.6. Startup Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="On Browser Startup, set Tor state to: Tor, Non-Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696348"></a>On Browser Startup, set Tor state to: Tor, Non-Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.restore_tor</strong></span> </p><p>This option governs what Tor state tor is loaded in to. <code class="function">torbutton_set_initial_state()</code> covers the case where the @@ -994,7 +995,7 @@ requirement in the event of Firefox crashes by ensuring all cookies, settings and saved sessions are reloaded from a fixed Tor state. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Prevent session store from saving Non-Tor/Tor-loaded tabs"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671754"></a>Prevent session store from saving Non-Tor/Tor-loaded tabs</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Prevent session store from saving Non-Tor/Tor-loaded tabs"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696399"></a>Prevent session store from saving Non-Tor/Tor-loaded tabs</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.nonontor_sessionstore</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.notor_sessionstore</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p>If these options are enabled, the <a class="link" href="#tbsessionstore" title="@torproject.org/torbutton-ss-blocker;1">tbSessionStore.js</a> component uses the session store listeners to filter out the appropriate tabs before writing the session @@ -1004,7 +1005,7 @@ requirement, and also helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement in the event of Firefox crashes. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.7. Shutdown Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2671812"></a>5.7. Shutdown Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear cookies on Tor/Non-Tor shutdown"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671818"></a>Clear cookies on Tor/Non-Tor shutdown</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.shutdown_method</strong></span> +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.7. Shutdown Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2696457"></a>5.7. Shutdown Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear cookies on Tor/Non-Tor shutdown"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696463"></a>Clear cookies on Tor/Non-Tor shutdown</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.shutdown_method</strong></span> </p><p> This option variable can actually take 3 values: 0, 1, and 2. 0 means no cookie clearing, 1 means clear only during Tor-enabled shutdown, and 2 means clear for both Tor and Non-Tor shutdown. When set to 1 or 2, Torbutton listens @@ -1013,7 +1014,7 @@ to clear out all cookies and all cookie jars upon shutdown. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.8. Header Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2671872"></a>5.8. Header Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Set user agent during Tor usage (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671878"></a>Set user agent during Tor usage (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.8. Header Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2696517"></a>5.8. Header Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Set user agent during Tor usage (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696523"></a>Set user agent during Tor usage (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.set_uagent</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.platform_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.oscpu_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.buildID_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.productsub_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.appname_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.appversion_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.useragent_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.useragent_vendor</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.useragent_vendorSub</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p>On face, user agent switching appears to be straight-forward in Firefox. It provides several options for controlling the browser user agent string: @@ -1037,7 +1038,7 @@ </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirement. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Spoof US English Browser"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2672052"></a>Spoof US English Browser</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Spoof US English Browser"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696697"></a>Spoof US English Browser</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.spoof_english</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.spoof_charset</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.spoof_language</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> This option causes Torbutton to set <span class="command"><strong>general.useragent.locale</strong></span> @@ -1048,7 +1049,7 @@ well as hooking <span class="command"><strong>navigator.language</strong></span> via its <a class="link" href="#jshooks" title="Hook Dangerous Javascript">javascript hooks</a>. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> and <a class="link" href="#location">Location Neutrality</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Referer Spoofing Options"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2672145"></a>Referer Spoofing Options</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.refererspoof</strong></span> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Referer Spoofing Options"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696790"></a>Referer Spoofing Options</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.refererspoof</strong></span> </p><p> This option variable has three values. If it is 0, "smart" referer spoofing is enabled. If it is 1, the referer behaves as normal. If it is 2, no referer is @@ -1057,8 +1058,8 @@ </p><p> This setting also does not directly satisfy any Torbutton requirement, but -some may desire to mask their referrer for general privacy concerns. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Strip platform and language off of Google Search Box queries"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2672179"></a>Strip platform and language off of Google Search Box queries</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.fix_google_srch</strong></span> +some may desire to mask their referer for general privacy concerns. +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Strip platform and language off of Google Search Box queries"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696824"></a>Strip platform and language off of Google Search Box queries</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.fix_google_srch</strong></span> </p><p> This option causes Torbutton to use the <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Search_Service:API" target="_top">@mozilla.org/browser/search-service;1</a> @@ -1068,7 +1069,7 @@ </p><p> This setting helps Torbutton to fulfill its <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirement. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Automatically use an alternate search engine when presented with a Google Captcha"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2672220"></a>Automatically use an alternate search engine when presented with a +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Automatically use an alternate search engine when presented with a Google Captcha"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696865"></a>Automatically use an alternate search engine when presented with a Google Captcha</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.asked_google_captcha</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.dodge_google_captcha</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.google_redir_url</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> @@ -1093,7 +1094,7 @@ encoded in the preferences <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.redir_url.[1-5]</strong></span>. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Store SSL/CA Certs in separate jars for Tor/Non-Tor (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2672300"></a>Store SSL/CA Certs in separate jars for Tor/Non-Tor (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Store SSL/CA Certs in separate jars for Tor/Non-Tor (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696945"></a>Store SSL/CA Certs in separate jars for Tor/Non-Tor (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.jar_certs</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.jar_ca_certs</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> @@ -1135,15 +1136,7 @@ Firefox down the to the minor version</a>. Note that his test has not been updated since 3.5.3, hence it reports 3.5.3 for more recent Firefoxes. This bug interferes with Torbutton's ability to satisfy its <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirement. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280661" target="_top">Bug 280661 - SOCKS proxy server -connection timeout hard-coded</a><p> - -This bug prevents us from using the Firefox SOCKS layer directly, and -currently requires us to ship an auxiliary HTTP proxy called <a class="ulink" href="http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/polipo/" target="_top">Polipo</a>. If this -patch were landed, we would no longer need to ship Polipo, which has a number -of privacy and security issues of its own (in addition to being unmaintained). - - </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418986" target="_top">Bug 418986 - window.screen + </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418986" target="_top">Bug 418986 - window.screen provides a large amount of identifiable information</a><p> As <a class="link" href="#fingerprinting">mentioned above</a>, a large amount of @@ -1202,7 +1195,7 @@ javascript engine and processor, and apparently also a user's typing cadence. This bug hinders Torbutton's ability to satisfy its <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirement. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122752" target="_top">SOCKS + </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122752" target="_top">Bug 122752 - SOCKS Username/Password Support</a><p> We need <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsIProxyInfo" target="_top">Firefox APIs</a> or about:config settings to control the SOCKS Username and @@ -1238,14 +1231,7 @@ </p></li></ol></div></div><div class="sect2" title="6.2. Bugs blocking functionality"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="FirefoxWishlist"></a>6.2. Bugs blocking functionality</h3></div></div></div><p> The following bugs impact Torbutton and similar extensions' functionality. - </p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445696" target="_top">Bug 445696 - -Extensions cannot determine if Firefox is full screen</a><p> - -The windowState property of <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL/window" target="_top">ChromeWindows</a> does not accurately reflect the true -state of the window in some cases on Linux. This causes Torbutton to attempt -to resize maximized and minimized windows when it should not. - - </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629820" target="_top">nsIContentPolicy::shouldLoad not + </p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629820" target="_top">Bug 629820 - nsIContentPolicy::shouldLoad not called for web request in Firefox Mobile</a><p> The new <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Fennec/Extensions/Electrolysis" target="_top">Electrolysis</a> @@ -1256,17 +1242,7 @@ wrapping existing <a class="link" href="#hookedxpcom" title="2.1. Hooked Components">Firefox XPCOM components</a>, which will also cause more problems for porting Torbutton. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290456" target="_top">Bug 290456 - -Block/clear Flash MX "cookies" as well</a><p> - -Today, it is possible to allow plugins if you have a transparent proxy such as -<a class="ulink" href="http://anonymityanywhere.com/incognito/" target="_top">Incognito</a> to prevent proxy bypass. However, flash cookies can still be used to -link your Tor and Non-Tor activity, and this reveal your IP to an adversary -that does so. This can be solved by manually removing your flash cookies (like -<a class="ulink" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6623" target="_top">BetterPrivacy</a> does), but -it would be nice if there was a standard way to do this from a Firefox API. - - </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=417869" target="_top">Bug 417869 - + </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=417869" target="_top">Bug 417869 - Browser context is difficult to obtain from many XPCOM callbacks</a><p> It is difficult to determine which tabbrowser many XPCOM callbacks originate @@ -1279,17 +1255,7 @@ The following bugs have an effect upon Torbutton, but are superseded by more practical and more easily fixable variant bugs above; or have stable, simple workarounds. - </p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435151" target="_top">Bug 435151 - XPCSafeJSObjectWrapper breaks evalInSandbox</a><p> - -Under Firefox 3, the XPCSafeJSObjectWrapper breaks when you try to use -constructors of classes defined from within the scope of the sandbox, among -other things. This prevents Torbutton from applying the Timezone hooks under -Firefox 3, but a better solution for Torbutton's specific date hooking needs -would be a fix for the above mentioned Bug 392274. Of course, many more -extensions may be interested in the sandbox hooking functionality working -properly though. - - </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=440892" target="_top">Bug 440892 - + </p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=440892" target="_top">Bug 440892 - network.protocol-handler.warn-external are ignored</a><p> Sometime in the Firefox 3 development cycle, the preferences that governed @@ -1464,13 +1430,13 @@ with a bit of work. </p></li></ol></div><p> - </p></div><div class="sect2" title="7.2. Multi-state testing"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2673409"></a>7.2. Multi-state testing</h3></div></div></div><p> + </p></div><div class="sect2" title="7.2. Multi-state testing"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2698010"></a>7.2. Multi-state testing</h3></div></div></div><p> The tests in this section are geared towards a page that would instruct the user to toggle their Tor state after the fetch and perform some operations: mouseovers, stray clicks, and potentially reloads. - </p><div class="sect3" title="Cookies and Cache Correlation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2673421"></a>Cookies and Cache Correlation</h4></div></div></div><p> + </p><div class="sect3" title="Cookies and Cache Correlation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2698022"></a>Cookies and Cache Correlation</h4></div></div></div><p> The most obvious test is to set a cookie, ask the user to toggle tor, and then have them reload the page. The cookie should no longer be set if they are using the default Torbutton settings. In addition, it is possible to leverage @@ -1478,11 +1444,11 @@ identifiers</a>. The default settings of Torbutton should also protect against these from persisting across Tor Toggle. - </p></div><div class="sect3" title="Javascript timers and event handlers"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2673444"></a>Javascript timers and event handlers</h4></div></div></div><p> + </p></div><div class="sect3" title="Javascript timers and event handlers"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2698045"></a>Javascript timers and event handlers</h4></div></div></div><p> Javascript can set timers and register event handlers in the hopes of fetching URLs after the user has toggled Torbutton. - </p></div><div class="sect3" title="CSS Popups and non-script Dynamic Content"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2673456"></a>CSS Popups and non-script Dynamic Content</h4></div></div></div><p> + </p></div><div class="sect3" title="CSS Popups and non-script Dynamic Content"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2698058"></a>CSS Popups and non-script Dynamic Content</h4></div></div></div><p> Even if Javascript is disabled, CSS is still able to <a class="ulink" href="http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/css%20pop%20ups/" target="_top">create popup-like @@ -1507,7 +1473,7 @@ submitting the test cases back to be run in the standard batch of Torbutton tests. - </p><div class="sect3" title="Some suggested vectors to investigate"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2673511"></a>Some suggested vectors to investigate</h4></div></div></div><p> + </p><div class="sect3" title="Some suggested vectors to investigate"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2698112"></a>Some suggested vectors to investigate</h4></div></div></div><p> </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">Strange ways to register Javascript <a class="ulink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOM_Events" target="_top">events</a> and <a class="ulink" href="http://www.devshed.com/c/a/JavaScript/Using-Timers-in-JavaScript/" target="_top">timeouts</a> should be verified to actually be ineffective after Tor has been toggled.</li><li class="listitem">Other ways to cause Javascript to be executed after <span class="command"><strong>javascript.enabled</strong></span> has been toggled off.</li><li class="listitem">Odd ways to attempt to load plugins. Kyle Williams has had

1 0

[torbutton/master] Forgot to update the date...
by mikeperry＠torproject.org 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

commit 17221e194a80510955c424cfb9e80ca2003677dc Author: Mike Perry <mikeperry-git(a)fscked.org> Date: Mon Apr 4 17:37:52 2011 -0700 Forgot to update the date... --- website/design/design.xml | 2 +- website/design/index.html.en | 100 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/design/design.xml b/website/design/design.xml index d997dba..680a32b 100644 --- a/website/design/design.xml +++ b/website/design/design.xml @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ <address><email>mikeperry.fscked/org</email></address> </affiliation> </author> - <pubdate>Apr 3 2011</pubdate> + <pubdate>Apr 4 2011</pubdate> </articleinfo> <sect1> diff --git a/website/design/index.html.en b/website/design/index.html.en index 57b8e6e..41c19c5 100644 --- a/website/design/index.html.en +++ b/website/design/index.html.en @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> -<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Torbutton Design Documentation</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /></head><body><div class="article" title="Torbutton Design Documentation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="design"></a>Torbutton Design Documentation</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Mike</span> <span class="surname">Perry</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:mikeperry.fscked/org">mikeperry.fscked/org</a>></code></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">Apr 3 2011</p></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2672521">1. Introduction</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#adversary">1.1. Adversary Model</a>< /span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#requirements">1.2. Torbutton Requirements</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#layout">1.3. Extension Layout</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#components">2. Components</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#hookedxpcom">2.1. Hooked Components</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2697788">2.2. New Components</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2676761">3. Chrome</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2698700">3.1. XUL Windows and Overlays</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2695005">3.2. Major Chrome Observers</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2697433">4. Toggle Code Path</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2693794">4.1. Button Click</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2692779">4.2. Proxy Update</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a hre f="#id2686962">4.3. Settings Update</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#preferences">4.4. Firefox preferences touched during Toggle</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2699299">5. Description of Options</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2701681">5.1. Proxy Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2700807">5.2. Dynamic Content Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2710830">5.3. History and Forms Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2711144">5.4. Cache Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2711253">5.5. Cookie and Auth Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2711566">5.6. Startup Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2711681">5.7. Shutdown Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2711741">5.8. Header Settings</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#Fir efoxBugs">6. Relevant Firefox Bugs</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#FirefoxSecurity">6.1. Bugs impacting security</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#FirefoxWishlist">6.2. Bugs blocking functionality</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#FirefoxMiscBugs">6.3. Low Priority Bugs</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#TestPlan">7. Testing</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#SingleStateTesting">7.1. Single state testing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2713234">7.2. Multi-state testing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#HackTorbutton">7.3. Active testing (aka How to Hack Torbutton)</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="sect1" title="1. Introduction"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2672521"></a>1. Introduction</h2></div></div></div><p> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Torbutton Design Documentation</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /></head><body><div class="article" title="Torbutton Design Documentation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="design"></a>Torbutton Design Documentation</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Mike</span> <span class="surname">Perry</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:mikeperry.fscked/org">mikeperry.fscked/org</a>></code></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">Apr 4 2011</p></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2657298">1. Introduction</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#adversary">1.1. Adversary Model</a>< /span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#requirements">1.2. Torbutton Requirements</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#layout">1.3. Extension Layout</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#components">2. Components</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#hookedxpcom">2.1. Hooked Components</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2682565">2.2. New Components</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2661538">3. Chrome</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2683477">3.1. XUL Windows and Overlays</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2679782">3.2. Major Chrome Observers</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2682210">4. Toggle Code Path</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2678571">4.1. Button Click</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2677555">4.2. Proxy Update</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a hre f="#id2671739">4.3. Settings Update</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#preferences">4.4. Firefox preferences touched during Toggle</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2684076">5. Description of Options</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2686457">5.1. Proxy Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2685583">5.2. Dynamic Content Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2695607">5.3. History and Forms Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2695921">5.4. Cache Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2696030">5.5. Cookie and Auth Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2696343">5.6. Startup Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2696457">5.7. Shutdown Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2696517">5.8. Header Settings</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#Fir efoxBugs">6. Relevant Firefox Bugs</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#FirefoxSecurity">6.1. Bugs impacting security</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#FirefoxWishlist">6.2. Bugs blocking functionality</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#FirefoxMiscBugs">6.3. Low Priority Bugs</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#TestPlan">7. Testing</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#SingleStateTesting">7.1. Single state testing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2698010">7.2. Multi-state testing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#HackTorbutton">7.3. Active testing (aka How to Hack Torbutton)</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="sect1" title="1. Introduction"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2657298"></a>1. Introduction</h2></div></div></div><p> This document describes the goals, operation, and testing procedures of the Torbutton Firefox extension. It is current as of Torbutton 1.3.2. @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ do not obey proxy settings, they can be manipulated to automatically connect back to arbitrary servers outside of Tor with no user intervention. Fixing this issue helps to satisfy Torbutton's <a class="link" href="#proxy">Proxy Obedience</a> Requirement. - </p></div><div class="sect3" title="@mozilla.org/browser/global-history;2 - components/ignore-history.js"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2684789"></a><a class="ulink" href="http://www.oxymoronical.com/experiments/xpcomref/applications/Firefox/3.5/c…" target="_top">@mozilla.org/browser/global-history;2</a> + </p></div><div class="sect3" title="@mozilla.org/browser/global-history;2 - components/ignore-history.js"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2669566"></a><a class="ulink" href="http://www.oxymoronical.com/experiments/xpcomref/applications/Firefox/3.5/c…" target="_top">@mozilla.org/browser/global-history;2</a> - <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">components/ignore-history.js</a></h4></div></div></div><p>This component was contributed by <a class="ulink" href="http://www.collinjackson.com/" target="_top">Collin Jackson</a> as a method for defeating CSS and Javascript-based methods of history disclosure. The global-history component is what is used by Firefox to determine if a link was visited or not @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ firing in the event the browser starts in Tor mode. This component helps satisfy the <a class="link" href="#isolation">Network Isolation</a> and <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirements. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="2.2. New Components"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2697788"></a>2.2. New Components</h3></div></div></div><p>Torbutton creates four new components that are used throughout the +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="2.2. New Components"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2682565"></a>2.2. New Components</h3></div></div></div><p>Torbutton creates four new components that are used throughout the extension. These components do not hook any interfaces, nor are they used anywhere besides Torbutton itself.</p><div class="sect3" title="@torproject.org/cookie-jar-selector;2 - components/cookie-jar-selector.js"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="cookiejar"></a><a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/cookie-jar-selector;2 - components/cookie-jar-selector.js</a></h4></div></div></div><p>The cookie jar selector (also based on code from <a class="ulink" href="http://www.collinjackson.com/" target="_top">Collin @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ state from the XML store. </p><p> This component helps to address the <a class="link" href="#state">State Isolation</a> requirement of Torbutton. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="@torproject.org/torbutton-logger;1 - components/torbutton-logger.js"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2710138"></a><a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/torbutton-logger;1 +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="@torproject.org/torbutton-logger;1 - components/torbutton-logger.js"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2694914"></a><a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/torbutton-logger;1 - components/torbutton-logger.js</a></h4></div></div></div><p>The torbutton logger component allows on-the-fly redirection of torbutton logging messages to either Firefox stderr (<span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.logmethod=0</strong></span>), the Javascript error console @@ -371,17 +371,17 @@ reason are not passed to the Firefox content policy itself (see Firefox Bugs </p><p> This helps to fulfill both the <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> and the <a class="link" href="#undiscoverability">Tor Undiscoverability</a> requirements of -Torbutton.</p></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="3. Chrome"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2676761"></a>3. Chrome</h2></div></div></div><p>The chrome is where all the torbutton graphical elements and windows are -located. </p><div class="sect2" title="3.1. XUL Windows and Overlays"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2698700"></a>3.1. XUL Windows and Overlays</h3></div></div></div><p> +Torbutton.</p></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="3. Chrome"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2661538"></a>3. Chrome</h2></div></div></div><p>The chrome is where all the torbutton graphical elements and windows are +located. </p><div class="sect2" title="3.1. XUL Windows and Overlays"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2683477"></a>3.1. XUL Windows and Overlays</h3></div></div></div><p> Each window is described as an <a class="ulink" href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XUL_Reference" target="_top">XML file</a>, with zero or more Javascript files attached. The scope of these Javascript files is their containing window. XUL files that add new elements and script to existing Firefox windows are called overlays.</p><div class="sect3" title="Browser Overlay - torbutton.xul"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="browseroverlay"></a>Browser Overlay - <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">torbutton.xul</a></h4></div></div></div><p>The browser overlay, torbutton.xul, defines the toolbar button, the status bar, and events for toggling the button. The overlay code is in <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">chrome/content/torbutton.js</a>. It contains event handlers for preference update, shutdown, upgrade, and -location change events.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Preferences Window - preferences.xul"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2687520"></a>Preferences Window - <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">preferences.xul</a></h4></div></div></div><p>The preferences window of course lays out the Torbutton preferences, with -handlers located in <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">chrome/content/preferences.js</a>.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Other Windows"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2704949"></a>Other Windows</h4></div></div></div><p>There are additional windows that describe popups for right clicking on -the status bar, the toolbutton, and the about page.</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="3.2. Major Chrome Observers"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2695005"></a>3.2. Major Chrome Observers</h3></div></div></div><p> +location change events.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Preferences Window - preferences.xul"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2672297"></a>Preferences Window - <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">preferences.xul</a></h4></div></div></div><p>The preferences window of course lays out the Torbutton preferences, with +handlers located in <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">chrome/content/preferences.js</a>.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Other Windows"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2689726"></a>Other Windows</h4></div></div></div><p>There are additional windows that describe popups for right clicking on +the status bar, the toolbutton, and the about page.</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="3.2. Major Chrome Observers"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2679782"></a>3.2. Major Chrome Observers</h3></div></div></div><p> In addition to the <a class="link" href="#components" title="2. Components">components described above</a>, Torbutton also instantiates several observers in the browser overlay window. These mostly grew due to scoping convenience, and many should @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ state tags, plugin permissions, and install the Javascript hooks to hook the <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.screen" target="_top">window.screen</a> object to obfuscate browser and desktop resolution information. -</p></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="4. Toggle Code Path"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2697433"></a>4. Toggle Code Path</h2></div></div></div><p> +</p></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="4. Toggle Code Path"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2682210"></a>4. Toggle Code Path</h2></div></div></div><p> The act of toggling is connected to <code class="function">torbutton_toggle()</code> via the <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">torbutton.xul</a> @@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ conditions and leakage, especially with <a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla. 409737</a> unfixed. The content policy does not allow any network activity whatsoever during this three stage transition. - </p><div class="sect2" title="4.1. Button Click"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2693794"></a>4.1. Button Click</h3></div></div></div><p> + </p><div class="sect2" title="4.1. Button Click"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2678571"></a>4.1. Button Click</h3></div></div></div><p> This is the first step in the toggling process. When the user clicks the toggle button or the toolbar, <code class="function">torbutton_toggle()</code> is @@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ observer</a> <span class="command"><strong>torbutton_unique_pref_observer</strong></span> to perform the rest of the toggle. - </p></div><div class="sect2" title="4.2. Proxy Update"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2692779"></a>4.2. Proxy Update</h3></div></div></div><p> + </p></div><div class="sect2" title="4.2. Proxy Update"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2677555"></a>4.2. Proxy Update</h3></div></div></div><p> When Torbutton receives any proxy change notifications via its <span class="command"><strong>torbutton_unique_pref_observer</strong></span>, it calls @@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ value. This is decoupled from the button click functionality via the pref observer so that other addons (such as SwitchProxy) can switch the proxy settings between multiple proxies. - </p></div><div class="sect2" title="4.3. Settings Update"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2686962"></a>4.3. Settings Update</h3></div></div></div><p> + </p></div><div class="sect2" title="4.3. Settings Update"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2671739"></a>4.3. Settings Update</h3></div></div></div><p> The next stage is also handled by <code class="function">torbutton_update_status()</code>. This function sets scores of @@ -611,10 +611,10 @@ enabled. This helps Torbutton fulfill its <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> and <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirements. - </p></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="5. Description of Options"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2699299"></a>5. Description of Options</h2></div></div></div><p>This section provides a detailed description of Torbutton's options. Each + </p></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="5. Description of Options"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2684076"></a>5. Description of Options</h2></div></div></div><p>This section provides a detailed description of Torbutton's options. Each option is presented as the string from the preferences window, a summary, the preferences it touches, and the effect this has on the components, chrome, and -browser properties.</p><div class="sect2" title="5.1. Proxy Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2701681"></a>5.1. Proxy Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Test Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2703369"></a>Test Settings</h4></div></div></div><p> +browser properties.</p><div class="sect2" title="5.1. Proxy Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2686457"></a>5.1. Proxy Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Test Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2688146"></a>Test Settings</h4></div></div></div><p> This button under the Proxy Settings tab provides a way to verify that the proxy settings are correct, and actually do route through the Tor network. It performs this check by issuing an <a class="ulink" href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XMLHttpRequest" target="_top">XMLHTTPRequest</a> @@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ Presenting the results to the user is handled by the <a class="ulink" href="http window</a> callback <code class="function">torbutton_prefs_test_settings()</code> in <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">preferences.js</a>. - </p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.2. Dynamic Content Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2700807"></a>5.2. Dynamic Content Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable plugins on Tor Usage (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="plugins"></a>Disable plugins on Tor Usage (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.no_tor_plugins</strong></span></p><p>Java and plugins <a class="ulink" href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/net/class-use/NetworkInterface…" target="_top">can query</a> the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0095.html" target="_top">local IP + </p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.2. Dynamic Content Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2685583"></a>5.2. Dynamic Content Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable plugins on Tor Usage (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="plugins"></a>Disable plugins on Tor Usage (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.no_tor_plugins</strong></span></p><p>Java and plugins <a class="ulink" href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/net/class-use/NetworkInterface…" target="_top">can query</a> the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0095.html" target="_top">local IP address</a> and report it back to the remote site. They can also <a class="ulink" href="http://decloak.net" target="_top">bypass proxy settings</a> and directly connect to a remote site without Tor. Every browser plugin we have tested with Firefox has @@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ all this and the plugin managed to find some way to load. Since most plugins completely ignore browser proxy settings, the actions performed by this setting are crucial to satisfying the <a class="link" href="#proxy">Proxy Obedience</a> requirement. - </p></div><div class="sect3" title="Isolate Dynamic Content to Tor State (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2700056"></a>Isolate Dynamic Content to Tor State (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.isolate_content</strong></span></p><p>Enabling this preference is what enables the <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/cssblocker;1</a> content policy + </p></div><div class="sect3" title="Isolate Dynamic Content to Tor State (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2684833"></a>Isolate Dynamic Content to Tor State (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.isolate_content</strong></span></p><p>Enabling this preference is what enables the <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/cssblocker;1</a> content policy mentioned above, and causes it to block content load attempts in pages an opposite Tor state from the current state. Freshly loaded <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL/tabbrowser" target="_top">browser tabs</a> are tagged @@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ We are still looking for a workaround as of Torbutton 1.3.2. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Resize windows to multiples of 50px during Tor usage (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2668891"></a>Resize windows to multiples of 50px during Tor usage (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.resize_windows</strong></span></p><p> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Resize windows to multiples of 50px during Tor usage (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2653668"></a>Resize windows to multiples of 50px during Tor usage (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.resize_windows</strong></span></p><p> This option drastically cuts down on the number of distinct anonymity sets that divide the Tor web userbase. Without this setting, the dimensions for a @@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ infer toolbar size/presence by the distance to the nearest 50 pixel roundoff). </p><p> This setting helps to meet the <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable Search Suggestions during Tor (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2668977"></a>Disable Search Suggestions during Tor (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.no_search</strong></span></p><p> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable Search Suggestions during Tor (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2653753"></a>Disable Search Suggestions during Tor (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.no_search</strong></span></p><p> This setting causes Torbutton to disable <a class="ulink" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.search.suggest.enabled" target="_top"><span class="command"><strong>browser.search.suggest.enabled</strong></span></a> during Tor usage. This governs if you get Google search suggestions during Tor @@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ this is recommended to be disabled. While this setting doesn't satisfy any Torbutton requirements, the fact that cookies are transmitted for partially typed queries does not seem desirable for Tor usage. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable Updates During Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2669016"></a>Disable Updates During Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.no_updates</strong></span></p><p>This setting causes Torbutton to disable the four <a class="ulink" href="http://wiki.mozilla.org/Update:Users/Checking_For_Updates#Preference_Contro…" target="_top">Firefox +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable Updates During Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2653792"></a>Disable Updates During Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.no_updates</strong></span></p><p>This setting causes Torbutton to disable the four <a class="ulink" href="http://wiki.mozilla.org/Update:Users/Checking_For_Updates#Preference_Contro…" target="_top">Firefox update settings</a> during Tor usage: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.update.enabled</strong></span>, <span class="command"><strong>app.update.enabled</strong></span>, @@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ update settings</a> during Tor checking for search plugin updates while Tor is enabled. </p><p> This setting satisfies the <a class="link" href="#updates">Update Safety</a> requirement. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Redirect Torbutton Updates Via Tor (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2669077"></a>Redirect Torbutton Updates Via Tor (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.update_torbutton_via_tor</strong></span></p><p>This setting causes Torbutton to install an +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Redirect Torbutton Updates Via Tor (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2653854"></a>Redirect Torbutton Updates Via Tor (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.update_torbutton_via_tor</strong></span></p><p>This setting causes Torbutton to install an <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsIProtocolProxyFilter" target="_top">nsIProtocolProxyFilter</a> in order to redirect all version update checks and Torbutton update downloads @@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ concerns about data retention done by <a class="ulink" href="https://www.addons. help censored users meet the <a class="link" href="#undiscoverability">Tor Undiscoverability</a> requirement. - </p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable livemarks updates during Tor usage (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2669121"></a>Disable livemarks updates during Tor usage (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: + </p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable livemarks updates during Tor usage (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2653898"></a>Disable livemarks updates during Tor usage (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.disable_livemarks</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> @@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ service</a> when Tor is enabled. This helps satisfy the <a class="link" href="#isolation">Network Isolation</a> and <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Block Tor/Non-Tor access to network from file:// urls (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2669193"></a>Block Tor/Non-Tor access to network from file:// urls (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Block Tor/Non-Tor access to network from file:// urls (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2653969"></a>Block Tor/Non-Tor access to network from file:// urls (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_tor_file_net</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_nontor_file_net</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> @@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ Isolation</a> requirement, by preventing file urls from executing network operations in opposite Tor states. Also, allowing pages to submit arbitrary files to arbitrary sites just generally seems like a bad idea. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Close all Tor/Non-Tor tabs and windows on toggle (optional)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2669265"></a>Close all Tor/Non-Tor tabs and windows on toggle (optional)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Close all Tor/Non-Tor tabs and windows on toggle (optional)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2654041"></a>Close all Tor/Non-Tor tabs and windows on toggle (optional)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.close_nontor</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.close_tor</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> @@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ out longer than necessary. While this setting doesn't satisfy any Torbutton requirements, the fact that cookies are transmitted for partially typed queries does not seem desirable for Tor usage. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.3. History and Forms Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2710830"></a>5.3. History and Forms Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Isolate Access to History navigation to Tor state (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2710836"></a>Isolate Access to History navigation to Tor state (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_js_history</strong></span></p><p> +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.3. History and Forms Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2695607"></a>5.3. History and Forms Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Isolate Access to History navigation to Tor state (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2695612"></a>Isolate Access to History navigation to Tor state (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_js_history</strong></span></p><p> This setting determines if Torbutton installs an <a class="ulink" href="http://www.oxymoronical.com/experiments/apidocs/interface/nsISHistoryListen…" target="_top">nsISHistoryListener</a> attached to the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.oxymoronical.com/experiments/apidocs/interface/nsISHistory" target="_top">sessionHistory</a> of of each browser's <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL%3aProperty%3awebNavigation" target="_top">webNavigatator</a>. @@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ This setting helps to fulfill Torbutton's <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and (until Bug 409737 is fixed) <a class="link" href="#isolation">Network Isolation</a> requirements. - </p></div><div class="sect3" title="History Access Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2710913"></a>History Access Settings</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: + </p></div><div class="sect3" title="History Access Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2695690"></a>History Access Settings</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_thread</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_nthread</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_thwrite</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_nthwrite</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p>On Firefox 3.x, these four settings govern the behavior of the <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">components/ignore-history.js</a> history blocker component mentioned above. By hooking the browser's view of @@ -898,12 +898,12 @@ above prefs. We then only need to link the write prefs to history store while set. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear History During Tor Toggle (optional)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711039"></a>Clear History During Tor Toggle (optional)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_history</strong></span></p><p>This setting governs if Torbutton calls +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear History During Tor Toggle (optional)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2695816"></a>Clear History During Tor Toggle (optional)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_history</strong></span></p><p>This setting governs if Torbutton calls <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsIBrowserHistory#removeAllPages.28.29" target="_top">nsIBrowserHistory.removeAllPages</a> and <a class="ulink" href="http://www.oxymoronical.com/experiments/apidocs/interface/nsISHistory" target="_top">nsISHistory.PurgeHistory</a> for each tab on Tor toggle.</p><p> This setting is an optional way to help satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Block Password+Form saving during Tor/Non-Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711082"></a>Block Password+Form saving during Tor/Non-Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Block Password+Form saving during Tor/Non-Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2695859"></a>Block Password+Form saving during Tor/Non-Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_tforms</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_ntforms</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p>These settings govern if Torbutton disables <span class="command"><strong>browser.formfill.enable</strong></span> @@ -912,19 +912,19 @@ Since form fields can be read at any time by Javascript, this setting is a lot more important than it seems. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> requirements. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.4. Cache Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2711144"></a>5.4. Cache Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Block Tor disk cache and clear all cache on Tor Toggle"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711150"></a>Block Tor disk cache and clear all cache on Tor Toggle</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_cache</strong></span> +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.4. Cache Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2695921"></a>5.4. Cache Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Block Tor disk cache and clear all cache on Tor Toggle"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2695926"></a>Block Tor disk cache and clear all cache on Tor Toggle</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_cache</strong></span> </p><p>This option causes Torbutton to call <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsICacheService#evictEntries.28.29" target="_top">nsICacheService.evictEntries(0)</a> on Tor toggle to remove all entries from the cache. In addition, this setting causes Torbutton to set <a class="ulink" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.disk.enable" target="_top">browser.cache.disk.enable</a> to false. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Block disk and memory cache during Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711200"></a>Block disk and memory cache during Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_cache</strong></span></p><p>This setting +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Block disk and memory cache during Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2695976"></a>Block disk and memory cache during Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_cache</strong></span></p><p>This setting causes Torbutton to set <a class="ulink" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.memory.enable" target="_top">browser.cache.memory.enable</a>, <a class="ulink" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.disk.enable" target="_top">browser.cache.disk.enable</a> and <a class="ulink" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.http.use-cache" target="_top">network.http.use-cache</a> to false during tor usage. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> requirements. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.5. Cookie and Auth Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2711253"></a>5.5. Cookie and Auth Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear Cookies on Tor Toggle"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711259"></a>Clear Cookies on Tor Toggle</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_cookies</strong></span> +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.5. Cookie and Auth Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2696030"></a>5.5. Cookie and Auth Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear Cookies on Tor Toggle"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696035"></a>Clear Cookies on Tor Toggle</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_cookies</strong></span> </p><p> This setting causes Torbutton to call <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsICookieManager#removeAll.28.29" target="_top">nsICookieManager.removeAll()</a> on @@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ which prevents them from being written to disk. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Store Non-Tor cookies in a protected jar"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711310"></a>Store Non-Tor cookies in a protected jar</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.cookie_jars</strong></span> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Store Non-Tor cookies in a protected jar"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696086"></a>Store Non-Tor cookies in a protected jar</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.cookie_jars</strong></span> </p><p> This setting causes Torbutton to use <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/cookie-jar-selector;2</a> to store @@ -947,15 +947,15 @@ which prevents them from being written to disk. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Store both Non-Tor and Tor cookies in a protected jar (dangerous)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711366"></a>Store both Non-Tor and Tor cookies in a protected jar (dangerous)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.dual_cookie_jars</strong></span> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Store both Non-Tor and Tor cookies in a protected jar (dangerous)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696143"></a>Store both Non-Tor and Tor cookies in a protected jar (dangerous)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.dual_cookie_jars</strong></span> </p><p> This setting causes Torbutton to use <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/cookie-jar-selector;2</a> to store both Tor and Non-Tor cookies into protected jars. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Manage My Own Cookies (dangerous)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711409"></a>Manage My Own Cookies (dangerous)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: None</p><p>This setting disables all Torbutton cookie handling by setting the above -cookie prefs all to false.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable DOM Storage during Tor usage (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711424"></a>Disable DOM Storage during Tor usage (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Do not write Tor/Non-Tor cookies to disk"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711426"></a>Do not write Tor/Non-Tor cookies to disk</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Manage My Own Cookies (dangerous)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696185"></a>Manage My Own Cookies (dangerous)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: None</p><p>This setting disables all Torbutton cookie handling by setting the above +cookie prefs all to false.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable DOM Storage during Tor usage (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696201"></a>Disable DOM Storage during Tor usage (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Do not write Tor/Non-Tor cookies to disk"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696203"></a>Do not write Tor/Non-Tor cookies to disk</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.tor_memory_jar</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.nontor_memory_jar</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> These settings (contributed by arno) cause Torbutton to set <a class="ulink" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.cookie.lifetimePolicy" target="_top">network.cookie.lifetimePolicy</a> @@ -975,13 +975,13 @@ usage to prevent <a class="ulink" href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:Storage" target="_top">DOM Storage</a> from being used to store persistent information across Tor states.</p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear HTTP Auth on Tor Toggle (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711528"></a>Clear HTTP Auth on Tor Toggle (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_http_auth</strong></span> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear HTTP Auth on Tor Toggle (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696304"></a>Clear HTTP Auth on Tor Toggle (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_http_auth</strong></span> </p><p> This setting causes Torbutton to call <a class="ulink" href="http://www.oxymoronical.com/experiments/apidocs/interface/nsIHttpAuthManager" target="_top">nsIHttpAuthManager.clearAll()</a> every time Tor is toggled. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.6. Startup Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2711566"></a>5.6. Startup Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="On Browser Startup, set Tor state to: Tor, Non-Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711572"></a>On Browser Startup, set Tor state to: Tor, Non-Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.6. Startup Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2696343"></a>5.6. Startup Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="On Browser Startup, set Tor state to: Tor, Non-Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696348"></a>On Browser Startup, set Tor state to: Tor, Non-Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.restore_tor</strong></span> </p><p>This option governs what Tor state tor is loaded in to. <code class="function">torbutton_set_initial_state()</code> covers the case where the @@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement in the event of Firefox crashes by ensuring all cookies, settings and saved sessions are reloaded from a fixed Tor state. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Prevent session store from saving Non-Tor/Tor-loaded tabs"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711622"></a>Prevent session store from saving Non-Tor/Tor-loaded tabs</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Prevent session store from saving Non-Tor/Tor-loaded tabs"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696399"></a>Prevent session store from saving Non-Tor/Tor-loaded tabs</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.nonontor_sessionstore</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.notor_sessionstore</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p>If these options are enabled, the <a class="link" href="#tbsessionstore" title="@torproject.org/torbutton-ss-blocker;1">tbSessionStore.js</a> component uses the session store listeners to filter out the appropriate tabs before writing the session @@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a requirement, and also helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement in the event of Firefox crashes. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.7. Shutdown Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2711681"></a>5.7. Shutdown Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear cookies on Tor/Non-Tor shutdown"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711686"></a>Clear cookies on Tor/Non-Tor shutdown</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.shutdown_method</strong></span> +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.7. Shutdown Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2696457"></a>5.7. Shutdown Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear cookies on Tor/Non-Tor shutdown"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696463"></a>Clear cookies on Tor/Non-Tor shutdown</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.shutdown_method</strong></span> </p><p> This option variable can actually take 3 values: 0, 1, and 2. 0 means no cookie clearing, 1 means clear only during Tor-enabled shutdown, and 2 means clear for both Tor and Non-Tor shutdown. When set to 1 or 2, Torbutton listens @@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ for the <a class="ulink" href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Observer_Not to clear out all cookies and all cookie jars upon shutdown. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.8. Header Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2711741"></a>5.8. Header Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Set user agent during Tor usage (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711746"></a>Set user agent during Tor usage (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.8. Header Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2696517"></a>5.8. Header Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Set user agent during Tor usage (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696523"></a>Set user agent during Tor usage (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.set_uagent</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.platform_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.oscpu_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.buildID_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.productsub_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.appname_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.appversion_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.useragent_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.useragent_vendor</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.useragent_vendorSub</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p>On face, user agent switching appears to be straight-forward in Firefox. It provides several options for controlling the browser user agent string: @@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ certain resource:// files</a>. These cases are handled by Torbutton's </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirement. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Spoof US English Browser"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711920"></a>Spoof US English Browser</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Spoof US English Browser"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696697"></a>Spoof US English Browser</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.spoof_english</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.spoof_charset</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.spoof_language</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> This option causes Torbutton to set <span class="command"><strong>general.useragent.locale</strong></span> @@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonym well as hooking <span class="command"><strong>navigator.language</strong></span> via its <a class="link" href="#jshooks" title="Hook Dangerous Javascript">javascript hooks</a>. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> and <a class="link" href="#location">Location Neutrality</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Referer Spoofing Options"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2712014"></a>Referer Spoofing Options</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.refererspoof</strong></span> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Referer Spoofing Options"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696790"></a>Referer Spoofing Options</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.refererspoof</strong></span> </p><p> This option variable has three values. If it is 0, "smart" referer spoofing is enabled. If it is 1, the referer behaves as normal. If it is 2, no referer is @@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ sent. The default value is 1. The smart referer spoofing is implemented by the </p><p> This setting also does not directly satisfy any Torbutton requirement, but some may desire to mask their referer for general privacy concerns. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Strip platform and language off of Google Search Box queries"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2712047"></a>Strip platform and language off of Google Search Box queries</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.fix_google_srch</strong></span> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Strip platform and language off of Google Search Box queries"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696824"></a>Strip platform and language off of Google Search Box queries</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.fix_google_srch</strong></span> </p><p> This option causes Torbutton to use the <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Search_Service:API" target="_top">@mozilla.org/browser/search-service;1</a> @@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ platform information. This setting strips off that info while Tor is enabled. </p><p> This setting helps Torbutton to fulfill its <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirement. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Automatically use an alternate search engine when presented with a Google Captcha"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2712088"></a>Automatically use an alternate search engine when presented with a +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Automatically use an alternate search engine when presented with a Google Captcha"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696865"></a>Automatically use an alternate search engine when presented with a Google Captcha</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.asked_google_captcha</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.dodge_google_captcha</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.google_redir_url</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> @@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ options are duckduckgo.com, ixquick.com, bing.com, yahoo.com and scroogle.org. T encoded in the preferences <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.redir_url.[1-5]</strong></span>. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Store SSL/CA Certs in separate jars for Tor/Non-Tor (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2712169"></a>Store SSL/CA Certs in separate jars for Tor/Non-Tor (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Store SSL/CA Certs in separate jars for Tor/Non-Tor (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2696945"></a>Store SSL/CA Certs in separate jars for Tor/Non-Tor (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.jar_certs</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.jar_ca_certs</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> @@ -1430,13 +1430,13 @@ or complete, but it is automated and could be turned into something useful with a bit of work. </p></li></ol></div><p> - </p></div><div class="sect2" title="7.2. Multi-state testing"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2713234"></a>7.2. Multi-state testing</h3></div></div></div><p> + </p></div><div class="sect2" title="7.2. Multi-state testing"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2698010"></a>7.2. Multi-state testing</h3></div></div></div><p> The tests in this section are geared towards a page that would instruct the user to toggle their Tor state after the fetch and perform some operations: mouseovers, stray clicks, and potentially reloads. - </p><div class="sect3" title="Cookies and Cache Correlation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2713246"></a>Cookies and Cache Correlation</h4></div></div></div><p> + </p><div class="sect3" title="Cookies and Cache Correlation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2698022"></a>Cookies and Cache Correlation</h4></div></div></div><p> The most obvious test is to set a cookie, ask the user to toggle tor, and then have them reload the page. The cookie should no longer be set if they are using the default Torbutton settings. In addition, it is possible to leverage @@ -1444,11 +1444,11 @@ the cache to <a class="ulink" href="http://crypto.stanford.edu/sameorigin/safeca identifiers</a>. The default settings of Torbutton should also protect against these from persisting across Tor Toggle. - </p></div><div class="sect3" title="Javascript timers and event handlers"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2713268"></a>Javascript timers and event handlers</h4></div></div></div><p> + </p></div><div class="sect3" title="Javascript timers and event handlers"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2698045"></a>Javascript timers and event handlers</h4></div></div></div><p> Javascript can set timers and register event handlers in the hopes of fetching URLs after the user has toggled Torbutton. - </p></div><div class="sect3" title="CSS Popups and non-script Dynamic Content"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2713281"></a>CSS Popups and non-script Dynamic Content</h4></div></div></div><p> + </p></div><div class="sect3" title="CSS Popups and non-script Dynamic Content"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2698058"></a>CSS Popups and non-script Dynamic Content</h4></div></div></div><p> Even if Javascript is disabled, CSS is still able to <a class="ulink" href="http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/css%20pop%20ups/" target="_top">create popup-like @@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ these attacks, playing with them, and reporting what you find (and potentially submitting the test cases back to be run in the standard batch of Torbutton tests. - </p><div class="sect3" title="Some suggested vectors to investigate"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2713336"></a>Some suggested vectors to investigate</h4></div></div></div><p> + </p><div class="sect3" title="Some suggested vectors to investigate"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2698112"></a>Some suggested vectors to investigate</h4></div></div></div><p> </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">Strange ways to register Javascript <a class="ulink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOM_Events" target="_top">events</a> and <a class="ulink" href="http://www.devshed.com/c/a/JavaScript/Using-Timers-in-JavaScript/" target="_top">timeouts</a> should be verified to actually be ineffective after Tor has been toggled.</li><li class="listitem">Other ways to cause Javascript to be executed after <span class="command"><strong>javascript.enabled</strong></span> has been toggled off.</li><li class="listitem">Odd ways to attempt to load plugins. Kyle Williams has had

1 0

[torbutton/master] Update the FF4 audit.
by mikeperry＠torproject.org 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

commit b2c57fa5177e963f733ee6ad586e14ea553f8410 Author: Mike Perry <mikeperry-git(a)fscked.org> Date: Mon Apr 4 17:10:47 2011 -0700 Update the FF4 audit. Reorganize issues by their vulnerability type. --- website/design/FF40_AUDIT | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/design/FF40_AUDIT b/website/design/FF40_AUDIT index f4c46f6..efa16cc 100644 --- a/website/design/FF40_AUDIT +++ b/website/design/FF40_AUDIT @@ -1,36 +1,44 @@ -- Major compatibility issues: - http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2010/11/11/making-add-on-compatible-firefox-… - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Extensions/Updating_extensions_for_Firefox… - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XPCOM/XPCOM_changes_in_Gecko_2.0 - -- Key high level concerns: - - WebThreads - - https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Using_web_workers - - Network activity blocked by content policy - - What the hell is a blob url? - - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.createBlobURL - - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.revokeBlobURL - - Seems only relevent to FS injection.. - - WebSockets - - New window.history functions may allow state smuggling - - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Manipulating_the_browser_history - - New screen attributes - - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.mozInnerScreenX, Y - - Bounding rectangles -> window sizes? - - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=396392 - - Mouse events reveal desktop coordinates? - - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503943 - - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Event/UIEvent/MouseEvent - - DocShell and plugins inside createHTMLDocument? - - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/DOMImplementation.createHTMLDocument - - Media attributes - - "buffered" - - "preload" - - new codecs? - - - -- New fingerprinting threats: - - Lots of things are now available to CSS :( - +- Review of https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Firefox_4_for_developers + - Potential proxy issues + - DocShell and plugins inside createHTMLDocument? + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/DOMImplementation.createHTMLDocument + - WebSockets? + - Media attributes? + - "buffered" + - "preload" + - new codecs? + - What the hell is a blob url? + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.createBlobURL + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.revokeBlobURL + - Seems only relevent to FS injection.. + - WebThreads are OK: + - https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Using_web_workers + - Network activity blocked by content policy + - Fingerprinting issues: + - New screen attributes + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.mozInnerScreenX, Y + - Bounding rectangles -> window sizes? + - Maybe not display sizes, but seems possible to fingerprint rendered + content size.. ugh. + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/element.getBoundingClientRect + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/dom:range + - CSS resize, media queries, etc.. + - WebGL may also expose screen properties and video card properties: + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/WebGL + - https://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/specs/1.0/#5.2 + - https://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/specs/1.0/#5.11 + - SVG needs auditing. It may also expose absolute coords, but appears OK + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/SVG/SVG_animation_with_SMIL + - Mouse events reveal desktop coordinates + - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503943 + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Event/UIEvent/MouseEvent + - Actual screen dimensions not exposed + - Identifier Storage + - Content Secuity Properties may need clearing: + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Security/CSP + - STS cache needs clearing + - New window.history functions may allow state smuggling + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/Manipulating_the_browser_history +- New Javascript hooking options may help improve Date() hooks: + - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/New_in_JavaScript/1.8.5

1 0

[torbutton/master] Alter order of Security requirements.
by mikeperry＠torproject.org 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

commit 3c9b71b979c48961cc6701ef36cd7afae0edf88a Author: Mike Perry <mikeperry-git(a)fscked.org> Date: Mon Apr 4 17:16:48 2011 -0700 Alter order of Security requirements. In the TBB use case, state separation is slightly more important than network isolation. --- website/design/design.xml | 9 +++++---- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/design/design.xml b/website/design/design.xml index 4997cfa..d997dba 100644 --- a/website/design/design.xml +++ b/website/design/design.xml @@ -332,13 +332,13 @@ acceptable style.. Don't really want to make my own stylesheet --> <listitem id="proxy"><command>Proxy Obedience</command> <para>The browser MUST NOT bypass Tor proxy settings for any content.</para></listitem> - <listitem id="isolation"><command>Network Isolation</command> - <para>Pages MUST NOT perform any network activity in a Tor state different - from the state they were originally loaded in.</para></listitem> <listitem id="state"><command>State Separation</command> <para>Browser state (cookies, cache, history, 'DOM storage'), accumulated in one Tor state MUST NOT be accessible via the network in another Tor state.</para></listitem> + <listitem id="isolation"><command>Network Isolation</command> + <para>Pages MUST NOT perform any network activity in a Tor state different + from the state they were originally loaded in.</para></listitem> <listitem id="undiscoverability"><command>Tor Undiscoverability</command><para>With the advent of bridge support in Tor 0.2.0.x, there are now a class of Tor users whose network fingerprint does not obviously betray the fact that they @@ -349,7 +349,8 @@ reveal its presence while Tor is disabled.</para></listitem> <listitem id="location"><command>Location Neutrality</command><para>The browser SHOULD NOT leak location-specific information, such as timezone or locale via Tor.</para></listitem> <listitem id="setpreservation"><command>Anonymity Set -Preservation</command><para>The browser SHOULD NOT leak any other anonymity set reducing information +Preservation</command><para>The browser SHOULD NOT leak any other anonymity +set reducing or fingerprinting information (such as user agent, extension presence, and resolution information) automatically via Tor. The assessment of the attacks above should make it clear that anonymity set reduction is a very powerful method of tracking and

1 0

[torbutton/master] Clear out old Firefox bugs.
by mikeperry＠torproject.org 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

commit 045097194dece98b3c8df732531b0f303cf2ab72 Author: Mike Perry <mikeperry-git(a)fscked.org> Date: Mon Apr 4 17:10:24 2011 -0700 Clear out old Firefox bugs. Also fix a couple typos found by arma. --- website/design/design.xml | 21 ++++++++++++++------- 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/design/design.xml b/website/design/design.xml index c589de8..4997cfa 100644 --- a/website/design/design.xml +++ b/website/design/design.xml @@ -577,10 +577,10 @@ years past. <title><ulink url="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…">@torproject.org/torRefSpoofer;1</ulink></title> <para> -This component handles optional referrer spoofing for Torbuton. It implements a +This component handles optional referer spoofing for Torbutton. It implements a form of "smart" referer spoofing using <ulink url="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Setting_HTTP_request_headers">http-on-modify-request</ulink> -to modify the Referrer header. The code sends the default browser referrer +to modify the Referer header. The code sends the default browser referer header only if the destination domain is a suffix of the source, or if the source is a suffix of the destination. Otherwise, it sends no referer. This strange suffix logic is used as a heuristic: some rare sites on the web block @@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@ sent. The default value is 1. The smart referer spoofing is implemented by the </para> <para> This setting also does not directly satisfy any Torbutton requirement, but -some may desire to mask their referrer for general privacy concerns. +some may desire to mask their referer for general privacy concerns. </para> </sect3> @@ -2188,7 +2188,7 @@ bug interferes with Torbutton's ability to satisfy its <link linkend="setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</link> requirement. </para> </listitem> - + <listitem><ulink url="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418986">Bug 418986 - window.screen provides a large amount of identifiable information</ulink> @@ -2284,7 +2285,7 @@ linkend="setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</link> requirement. </para> </listitem> <listitem><ulink -url="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122752">SOCKS +url="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122752">Bug 122752 - SOCKS Username/Password Support</ulink> <para> We need <ulink url="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsIProxyInfo">Firefox @@ -2334,6 +2335,7 @@ requirement on Firefox 3. </listitem> </orderedlist> </sect2> + <sect2 id="FirefoxWishlist"> <title>Bugs blocking functionality</title> <para> @@ -2342,7 +2344,7 @@ The following bugs impact Torbutton and similar extensions' functionality. <orderedlist> - + <listitem><ulink -url="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629820">nsIContentPolicy::shouldLoad not +url="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629820">Bug 629820 - nsIContentPolicy::shouldLoad not called for web request in Firefox Mobile</ulink> <para> @@ -2371,6 +2374,7 @@ which will also cause more problems for porting Torbutton. </para> </listitem> + <listitem><ulink url="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=417869">Bug 417869 - Browser context is difficult to obtain from many XPCOM callbacks</ulink> @@ -2476,6 +2481,7 @@ workarounds. </para> <orderedlist> + <listitem><ulink url="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=440892">Bug 440892 - network.protocol-handler.warn-external are ignored</ulink>

1 0

[torbutton/master] Update compiled HTML.
by mikeperry＠torproject.org 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

commit 1b06f4ed245a2588137e68b9f2aab7844e0363e0 Author: Mike Perry <mikeperry-git(a)fscked.org> Date: Mon Apr 4 17:36:10 2011 -0700 Update compiled HTML. --- website/design/index.html.en | 160 ++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 97 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/design/index.html.en b/website/design/index.html.en index 65620ef..57b8e6e 100644 --- a/website/design/index.html.en +++ b/website/design/index.html.en @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> -<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Torbutton Design Documentation</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /></head><body><div class="article" title="Torbutton Design Documentation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="design"></a>Torbutton Design Documentation</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Mike</span> <span class="surname">Perry</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:mikeperry.fscked/org">mikeperry.fscked/org</a>></code></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">Apr 3 2011</p></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2632653">1. Introduction</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#adversary">1.1. Adversary Model</a>< /span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#requirements">1.2. Torbutton Requirements</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#layout">1.3. Extension Layout</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#components">2. Components</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#hookedxpcom">2.1. Hooked Components</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2657921">2.2. New Components</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2636893">3. Chrome</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2658833">3.1. XUL Windows and Overlays</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2655137">3.2. Major Chrome Observers</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2657565">4. Toggle Code Path</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2653926">4.1. Button Click</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2652911">4.2. Proxy Update</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a hre f="#id2647095">4.3. Settings Update</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#preferences">4.4. Firefox preferences touched during Toggle</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2659431">5. Description of Options</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2661813">5.1. Proxy Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2660939">5.2. Dynamic Content Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2670963">5.3. History and Forms Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2671276">5.4. Cache Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2671385">5.5. Cookie and Auth Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2671698">5.6. Startup Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2671812">5.7. Shutdown Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2671872">5.8. Header Settings</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#Fir efoxBugs">6. Relevant Firefox Bugs</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#FirefoxSecurity">6.1. Bugs impacting security</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#FirefoxWishlist">6.2. Bugs blocking functionality</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#FirefoxMiscBugs">6.3. Low Priority Bugs</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#TestPlan">7. Testing</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#SingleStateTesting">7.1. Single state testing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2673409">7.2. Multi-state testing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#HackTorbutton">7.3. Active testing (aka How to Hack Torbutton)</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="sect1" title="1. Introduction"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2632653"></a>1. Introduction</h2></div></div></div><p> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Torbutton Design Documentation</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /></head><body><div class="article" title="Torbutton Design Documentation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="design"></a>Torbutton Design Documentation</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Mike</span> <span class="surname">Perry</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:mikeperry.fscked/org">mikeperry.fscked/org</a>></code></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">Apr 3 2011</p></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2672521">1. Introduction</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#adversary">1.1. Adversary Model</a>< /span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#requirements">1.2. Torbutton Requirements</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#layout">1.3. Extension Layout</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#components">2. Components</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#hookedxpcom">2.1. Hooked Components</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2697788">2.2. New Components</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2676761">3. Chrome</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2698700">3.1. XUL Windows and Overlays</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2695005">3.2. Major Chrome Observers</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2697433">4. Toggle Code Path</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2693794">4.1. Button Click</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2692779">4.2. Proxy Update</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a hre f="#id2686962">4.3. Settings Update</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#preferences">4.4. Firefox preferences touched during Toggle</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#id2699299">5. Description of Options</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2701681">5.1. Proxy Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2700807">5.2. Dynamic Content Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2710830">5.3. History and Forms Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2711144">5.4. Cache Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2711253">5.5. Cookie and Auth Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2711566">5.6. Startup Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2711681">5.7. Shutdown Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2711741">5.8. Header Settings</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#Fir efoxBugs">6. Relevant Firefox Bugs</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#FirefoxSecurity">6.1. Bugs impacting security</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#FirefoxWishlist">6.2. Bugs blocking functionality</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#FirefoxMiscBugs">6.3. Low Priority Bugs</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#TestPlan">7. Testing</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#SingleStateTesting">7.1. Single state testing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#id2713234">7.2. Multi-state testing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="#HackTorbutton">7.3. Active testing (aka How to Hack Torbutton)</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="sect1" title="1. Introduction"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2672521"></a>1. Introduction</h2></div></div></div><p> This document describes the goals, operation, and testing procedures of the Torbutton Firefox extension. It is current as of Torbutton 1.3.2. @@ -192,17 +192,18 @@ that requirement. From the above Adversary Model, a number of requirements become clear. </p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><a id="proxy"></a><span class="command"><strong>Proxy Obedience</strong></span><p>The browser -MUST NOT bypass Tor proxy settings for any content.</p></li><li class="listitem"><a id="isolation"></a><span class="command"><strong>Network Isolation</strong></span><p>Pages MUST NOT perform any network activity in a Tor state different - from the state they were originally loaded in.</p></li><li class="listitem"><a id="state"></a><span class="command"><strong>State Separation</strong></span><p>Browser state (cookies, cache, history, 'DOM storage'), accumulated in +MUST NOT bypass Tor proxy settings for any content.</p></li><li class="listitem"><a id="state"></a><span class="command"><strong>State Separation</strong></span><p>Browser state (cookies, cache, history, 'DOM storage'), accumulated in one Tor state MUST NOT be accessible via the network in - another Tor state.</p></li><li class="listitem"><a id="undiscoverability"></a><span class="command"><strong>Tor Undiscoverability</strong></span><p>With + another Tor state.</p></li><li class="listitem"><a id="isolation"></a><span class="command"><strong>Network Isolation</strong></span><p>Pages MUST NOT perform any network activity in a Tor state different + from the state they were originally loaded in.</p></li><li class="listitem"><a id="undiscoverability"></a><span class="command"><strong>Tor Undiscoverability</strong></span><p>With the advent of bridge support in Tor 0.2.0.x, there are now a class of Tor users whose network fingerprint does not obviously betray the fact that they are using Tor. This should extend to the browser as well - Torbutton MUST NOT reveal its presence while Tor is disabled.</p></li><li class="listitem"><a id="disk"></a><span class="command"><strong>Disk Avoidance</strong></span><p>The browser SHOULD NOT write any Tor-related state to disk, or store it in memory beyond the duration of one Tor toggle.</p></li><li class="listitem"><a id="location"></a><span class="command"><strong>Location Neutrality</strong></span><p>The browser SHOULD NOT leak location-specific information, such as timezone or locale via Tor.</p></li><li class="listitem"><a id="setpreservation"></a><span class="command"><strong>Anonymity Set -Preservation</strong></span><p>The browser SHOULD NOT leak any other anonymity set reducing information +Preservation</strong></span><p>The browser SHOULD NOT leak any other anonymity +set reducing or fingerprinting information (such as user agent, extension presence, and resolution information) automatically via Tor. The assessment of the attacks above should make it clear that anonymity set reduction is a very powerful method of tracking and @@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ do not obey proxy settings, they can be manipulated to automatically connect back to arbitrary servers outside of Tor with no user intervention. Fixing this issue helps to satisfy Torbutton's <a class="link" href="#proxy">Proxy Obedience</a> Requirement. - </p></div><div class="sect3" title="@mozilla.org/browser/global-history;2 - components/ignore-history.js"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2644921"></a><a class="ulink" href="http://www.oxymoronical.com/experiments/xpcomref/applications/Firefox/3.5/c…" target="_top">@mozilla.org/browser/global-history;2</a> + </p></div><div class="sect3" title="@mozilla.org/browser/global-history;2 - components/ignore-history.js"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2684789"></a><a class="ulink" href="http://www.oxymoronical.com/experiments/xpcomref/applications/Firefox/3.5/c…" target="_top">@mozilla.org/browser/global-history;2</a> - <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">components/ignore-history.js</a></h4></div></div></div><p>This component was contributed by <a class="ulink" href="http://www.collinjackson.com/" target="_top">Collin Jackson</a> as a method for defeating CSS and Javascript-based methods of history disclosure. The global-history component is what is used by Firefox to determine if a link was visited or not @@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ firing in the event the browser starts in Tor mode. This component helps satisfy the <a class="link" href="#isolation">Network Isolation</a> and <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirements. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="2.2. New Components"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2657921"></a>2.2. New Components</h3></div></div></div><p>Torbutton creates four new components that are used throughout the +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="2.2. New Components"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2697788"></a>2.2. New Components</h3></div></div></div><p>Torbutton creates four new components that are used throughout the extension. These components do not hook any interfaces, nor are they used anywhere besides Torbutton itself.</p><div class="sect3" title="@torproject.org/cookie-jar-selector;2 - components/cookie-jar-selector.js"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="cookiejar"></a><a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/cookie-jar-selector;2 - components/cookie-jar-selector.js</a></h4></div></div></div><p>The cookie jar selector (also based on code from <a class="ulink" href="http://www.collinjackson.com/" target="_top">Collin @@ -289,7 +290,7 @@ state from the XML store. </p><p> This component helps to address the <a class="link" href="#state">State Isolation</a> requirement of Torbutton. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="@torproject.org/torbutton-logger;1 - components/torbutton-logger.js"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2670270"></a><a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/torbutton-logger;1 +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="@torproject.org/torbutton-logger;1 - components/torbutton-logger.js"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2710138"></a><a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/torbutton-logger;1 - components/torbutton-logger.js</a></h4></div></div></div><p>The torbutton logger component allows on-the-fly redirection of torbutton logging messages to either Firefox stderr (<span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.logmethod=0</strong></span>), the Javascript error console @@ -328,9 +329,9 @@ Firefox session store with our own implementation, which is what was done in years past. </p></div><div class="sect3" title="@torproject.org/torRefSpoofer;1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="refspoofer"></a><a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/torRefSpoofer;1</a></h4></div></div></div><p> -This component handles optional referrer spoofing for Torbuton. It implements a +This component handles optional referer spoofing for Torbutton. It implements a form of "smart" referer spoofing using <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Setting_HTTP_request_headers" target="_top">http-on-modify-request</a> -to modify the Referrer header. The code sends the default browser referrer +to modify the Referer header. The code sends the default browser referer header only if the destination domain is a suffix of the source, or if the source is a suffix of the destination. Otherwise, it sends no referer. This strange suffix logic is used as a heuristic: some rare sites on the web block @@ -370,17 +371,17 @@ reason are not passed to the Firefox content policy itself (see Firefox Bugs </p><p> This helps to fulfill both the <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> and the <a class="link" href="#undiscoverability">Tor Undiscoverability</a> requirements of -Torbutton.</p></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="3. Chrome"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2636893"></a>3. Chrome</h2></div></div></div><p>The chrome is where all the torbutton graphical elements and windows are -located. </p><div class="sect2" title="3.1. XUL Windows and Overlays"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2658833"></a>3.1. XUL Windows and Overlays</h3></div></div></div><p> +Torbutton.</p></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="3. Chrome"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2676761"></a>3. Chrome</h2></div></div></div><p>The chrome is where all the torbutton graphical elements and windows are +located. </p><div class="sect2" title="3.1. XUL Windows and Overlays"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2698700"></a>3.1. XUL Windows and Overlays</h3></div></div></div><p> Each window is described as an <a class="ulink" href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XUL_Reference" target="_top">XML file</a>, with zero or more Javascript files attached. The scope of these Javascript files is their containing window. XUL files that add new elements and script to existing Firefox windows are called overlays.</p><div class="sect3" title="Browser Overlay - torbutton.xul"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="browseroverlay"></a>Browser Overlay - <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">torbutton.xul</a></h4></div></div></div><p>The browser overlay, torbutton.xul, defines the toolbar button, the status bar, and events for toggling the button. The overlay code is in <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">chrome/content/torbutton.js</a>. It contains event handlers for preference update, shutdown, upgrade, and -location change events.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Preferences Window - preferences.xul"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2647653"></a>Preferences Window - <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">preferences.xul</a></h4></div></div></div><p>The preferences window of course lays out the Torbutton preferences, with -handlers located in <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">chrome/content/preferences.js</a>.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Other Windows"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2665081"></a>Other Windows</h4></div></div></div><p>There are additional windows that describe popups for right clicking on -the status bar, the toolbutton, and the about page.</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="3.2. Major Chrome Observers"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2655137"></a>3.2. Major Chrome Observers</h3></div></div></div><p> +location change events.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Preferences Window - preferences.xul"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2687520"></a>Preferences Window - <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">preferences.xul</a></h4></div></div></div><p>The preferences window of course lays out the Torbutton preferences, with +handlers located in <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">chrome/content/preferences.js</a>.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Other Windows"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2704949"></a>Other Windows</h4></div></div></div><p>There are additional windows that describe popups for right clicking on +the status bar, the toolbutton, and the about page.</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="3.2. Major Chrome Observers"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2695005"></a>3.2. Major Chrome Observers</h3></div></div></div><p> In addition to the <a class="link" href="#components" title="2. Components">components described above</a>, Torbutton also instantiates several observers in the browser overlay window. These mostly grew due to scoping convenience, and many should @@ -434,7 +435,7 @@ state tags, plugin permissions, and install the Javascript hooks to hook the <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.screen" target="_top">window.screen</a> object to obfuscate browser and desktop resolution information. -</p></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="4. Toggle Code Path"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2657565"></a>4. Toggle Code Path</h2></div></div></div><p> +</p></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="4. Toggle Code Path"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2697433"></a>4. Toggle Code Path</h2></div></div></div><p> The act of toggling is connected to <code class="function">torbutton_toggle()</code> via the <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">torbutton.xul</a> @@ -455,7 +456,7 @@ conditions and leakage, especially with <a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla. 409737</a> unfixed. The content policy does not allow any network activity whatsoever during this three stage transition. - </p><div class="sect2" title="4.1. Button Click"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2653926"></a>4.1. Button Click</h3></div></div></div><p> + </p><div class="sect2" title="4.1. Button Click"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2693794"></a>4.1. Button Click</h3></div></div></div><p> This is the first step in the toggling process. When the user clicks the toggle button or the toolbar, <code class="function">torbutton_toggle()</code> is @@ -468,7 +469,7 @@ observer</a> <span class="command"><strong>torbutton_unique_pref_observer</strong></span> to perform the rest of the toggle. - </p></div><div class="sect2" title="4.2. Proxy Update"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2652911"></a>4.2. Proxy Update</h3></div></div></div><p> + </p></div><div class="sect2" title="4.2. Proxy Update"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2692779"></a>4.2. Proxy Update</h3></div></div></div><p> When Torbutton receives any proxy change notifications via its <span class="command"><strong>torbutton_unique_pref_observer</strong></span>, it calls @@ -483,7 +484,7 @@ value. This is decoupled from the button click functionality via the pref observer so that other addons (such as SwitchProxy) can switch the proxy settings between multiple proxies. - </p></div><div class="sect2" title="4.3. Settings Update"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2647095"></a>4.3. Settings Update</h3></div></div></div><p> + </p></div><div class="sect2" title="4.3. Settings Update"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2686962"></a>4.3. Settings Update</h3></div></div></div><p> The next stage is also handled by <code class="function">torbutton_update_status()</code>. This function sets scores of @@ -610,10 +611,10 @@ enabled. This helps Torbutton fulfill its <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> and <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirements. - </p></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="5. Description of Options"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2659431"></a>5. Description of Options</h2></div></div></div><p>This section provides a detailed description of Torbutton's options. Each + </p></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="5. Description of Options"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="id2699299"></a>5. Description of Options</h2></div></div></div><p>This section provides a detailed description of Torbutton's options. Each option is presented as the string from the preferences window, a summary, the preferences it touches, and the effect this has on the components, chrome, and -browser properties.</p><div class="sect2" title="5.1. Proxy Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2661813"></a>5.1. Proxy Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Test Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2663502"></a>Test Settings</h4></div></div></div><p> +browser properties.</p><div class="sect2" title="5.1. Proxy Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2701681"></a>5.1. Proxy Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Test Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2703369"></a>Test Settings</h4></div></div></div><p> This button under the Proxy Settings tab provides a way to verify that the proxy settings are correct, and actually do route through the Tor network. It performs this check by issuing an <a class="ulink" href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XMLHttpRequest" target="_top">XMLHTTPRequest</a> @@ -628,7 +629,7 @@ Presenting the results to the user is handled by the <a class="ulink" href="http window</a> callback <code class="function">torbutton_prefs_test_settings()</code> in <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/chrome/con…" target="_top">preferences.js</a>. - </p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.2. Dynamic Content Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2660939"></a>5.2. Dynamic Content Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable plugins on Tor Usage (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="plugins"></a>Disable plugins on Tor Usage (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.no_tor_plugins</strong></span></p><p>Java and plugins <a class="ulink" href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/net/class-use/NetworkInterface…" target="_top">can query</a> the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0095.html" target="_top">local IP + </p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.2. Dynamic Content Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2700807"></a>5.2. Dynamic Content Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable plugins on Tor Usage (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="plugins"></a>Disable plugins on Tor Usage (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.no_tor_plugins</strong></span></p><p>Java and plugins <a class="ulink" href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/net/class-use/NetworkInterface…" target="_top">can query</a> the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0095.html" target="_top">local IP address</a> and report it back to the remote site. They can also <a class="ulink" href="http://decloak.net" target="_top">bypass proxy settings</a> and directly connect to a remote site without Tor. Every browser plugin we have tested with Firefox has @@ -672,7 +673,7 @@ all this and the plugin managed to find some way to load. Since most plugins completely ignore browser proxy settings, the actions performed by this setting are crucial to satisfying the <a class="link" href="#proxy">Proxy Obedience</a> requirement. - </p></div><div class="sect3" title="Isolate Dynamic Content to Tor State (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2660188"></a>Isolate Dynamic Content to Tor State (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.isolate_content</strong></span></p><p>Enabling this preference is what enables the <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/cssblocker;1</a> content policy + </p></div><div class="sect3" title="Isolate Dynamic Content to Tor State (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2700056"></a>Isolate Dynamic Content to Tor State (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.isolate_content</strong></span></p><p>Enabling this preference is what enables the <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/cssblocker;1</a> content policy mentioned above, and causes it to block content load attempts in pages an opposite Tor state from the current state. Freshly loaded <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL/tabbrowser" target="_top">browser tabs</a> are tagged @@ -724,7 +725,7 @@ We are still looking for a workaround as of Torbutton 1.3.2. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Resize windows to multiples of 50px during Tor usage (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2629024"></a>Resize windows to multiples of 50px during Tor usage (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.resize_windows</strong></span></p><p> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Resize windows to multiples of 50px during Tor usage (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2668891"></a>Resize windows to multiples of 50px during Tor usage (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.resize_windows</strong></span></p><p> This option drastically cuts down on the number of distinct anonymity sets that divide the Tor web userbase. Without this setting, the dimensions for a @@ -759,7 +760,7 @@ infer toolbar size/presence by the distance to the nearest 50 pixel roundoff). </p><p> This setting helps to meet the <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable Search Suggestions during Tor (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2629109"></a>Disable Search Suggestions during Tor (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.no_search</strong></span></p><p> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable Search Suggestions during Tor (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2668977"></a>Disable Search Suggestions during Tor (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.no_search</strong></span></p><p> This setting causes Torbutton to disable <a class="ulink" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.search.suggest.enabled" target="_top"><span class="command"><strong>browser.search.suggest.enabled</strong></span></a> during Tor usage. This governs if you get Google search suggestions during Tor @@ -770,7 +771,7 @@ this is recommended to be disabled. While this setting doesn't satisfy any Torbutton requirements, the fact that cookies are transmitted for partially typed queries does not seem desirable for Tor usage. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable Updates During Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2629148"></a>Disable Updates During Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.no_updates</strong></span></p><p>This setting causes Torbutton to disable the four <a class="ulink" href="http://wiki.mozilla.org/Update:Users/Checking_For_Updates#Preference_Contro…" target="_top">Firefox +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable Updates During Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2669016"></a>Disable Updates During Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.no_updates</strong></span></p><p>This setting causes Torbutton to disable the four <a class="ulink" href="http://wiki.mozilla.org/Update:Users/Checking_For_Updates#Preference_Contro…" target="_top">Firefox update settings</a> during Tor usage: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.update.enabled</strong></span>, <span class="command"><strong>app.update.enabled</strong></span>, @@ -780,7 +781,7 @@ update settings</a> during Tor checking for search plugin updates while Tor is enabled. </p><p> This setting satisfies the <a class="link" href="#updates">Update Safety</a> requirement. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Redirect Torbutton Updates Via Tor (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2629209"></a>Redirect Torbutton Updates Via Tor (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.update_torbutton_via_tor</strong></span></p><p>This setting causes Torbutton to install an +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Redirect Torbutton Updates Via Tor (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2669077"></a>Redirect Torbutton Updates Via Tor (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.update_torbutton_via_tor</strong></span></p><p>This setting causes Torbutton to install an <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsIProtocolProxyFilter" target="_top">nsIProtocolProxyFilter</a> in order to redirect all version update checks and Torbutton update downloads @@ -789,7 +790,7 @@ concerns about data retention done by <a class="ulink" href="https://www.addons. help censored users meet the <a class="link" href="#undiscoverability">Tor Undiscoverability</a> requirement. - </p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable livemarks updates during Tor usage (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2629253"></a>Disable livemarks updates during Tor usage (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: + </p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable livemarks updates during Tor usage (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2669121"></a>Disable livemarks updates during Tor usage (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.disable_livemarks</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> @@ -804,7 +805,7 @@ service</a> when Tor is enabled. This helps satisfy the <a class="link" href="#isolation">Network Isolation</a> and <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Block Tor/Non-Tor access to network from file:// urls (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2629325"></a>Block Tor/Non-Tor access to network from file:// urls (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Block Tor/Non-Tor access to network from file:// urls (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2669193"></a>Block Tor/Non-Tor access to network from file:// urls (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_tor_file_net</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_nontor_file_net</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> @@ -824,7 +825,7 @@ Isolation</a> requirement, by preventing file urls from executing network operations in opposite Tor states. Also, allowing pages to submit arbitrary files to arbitrary sites just generally seems like a bad idea. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Close all Tor/Non-Tor tabs and windows on toggle (optional)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2629397"></a>Close all Tor/Non-Tor tabs and windows on toggle (optional)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Close all Tor/Non-Tor tabs and windows on toggle (optional)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2669265"></a>Close all Tor/Non-Tor tabs and windows on toggle (optional)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.close_nontor</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.close_tor</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> @@ -848,7 +849,7 @@ out longer than necessary. While this setting doesn't satisfy any Torbutton requirements, the fact that cookies are transmitted for partially typed queries does not seem desirable for Tor usage. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.3. History and Forms Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2670963"></a>5.3. History and Forms Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Isolate Access to History navigation to Tor state (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2670968"></a>Isolate Access to History navigation to Tor state (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_js_history</strong></span></p><p> +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.3. History and Forms Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2710830"></a>5.3. History and Forms Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Isolate Access to History navigation to Tor state (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2710836"></a>Isolate Access to History navigation to Tor state (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_js_history</strong></span></p><p> This setting determines if Torbutton installs an <a class="ulink" href="http://www.oxymoronical.com/experiments/apidocs/interface/nsISHistoryListen…" target="_top">nsISHistoryListener</a> attached to the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.oxymoronical.com/experiments/apidocs/interface/nsISHistory" target="_top">sessionHistory</a> of of each browser's <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL%3aProperty%3awebNavigation" target="_top">webNavigatator</a>. @@ -876,7 +877,7 @@ This setting helps to fulfill Torbutton's <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and (until Bug 409737 is fixed) <a class="link" href="#isolation">Network Isolation</a> requirements. - </p></div><div class="sect3" title="History Access Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671045"></a>History Access Settings</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: + </p></div><div class="sect3" title="History Access Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2710913"></a>History Access Settings</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_thread</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_nthread</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_thwrite</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_nthwrite</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p>On Firefox 3.x, these four settings govern the behavior of the <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">components/ignore-history.js</a> history blocker component mentioned above. By hooking the browser's view of @@ -897,12 +898,12 @@ above prefs. We then only need to link the write prefs to history store while set. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear History During Tor Toggle (optional)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671171"></a>Clear History During Tor Toggle (optional)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_history</strong></span></p><p>This setting governs if Torbutton calls +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear History During Tor Toggle (optional)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711039"></a>Clear History During Tor Toggle (optional)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_history</strong></span></p><p>This setting governs if Torbutton calls <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsIBrowserHistory#removeAllPages.28.29" target="_top">nsIBrowserHistory.removeAllPages</a> and <a class="ulink" href="http://www.oxymoronical.com/experiments/apidocs/interface/nsISHistory" target="_top">nsISHistory.PurgeHistory</a> for each tab on Tor toggle.</p><p> This setting is an optional way to help satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Block Password+Form saving during Tor/Non-Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671214"></a>Block Password+Form saving during Tor/Non-Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Block Password+Form saving during Tor/Non-Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711082"></a>Block Password+Form saving during Tor/Non-Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_tforms</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_ntforms</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p>These settings govern if Torbutton disables <span class="command"><strong>browser.formfill.enable</strong></span> @@ -911,19 +912,19 @@ Since form fields can be read at any time by Javascript, this setting is a lot more important than it seems. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> requirements. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.4. Cache Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2671276"></a>5.4. Cache Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Block Tor disk cache and clear all cache on Tor Toggle"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671281"></a>Block Tor disk cache and clear all cache on Tor Toggle</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_cache</strong></span> +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.4. Cache Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2711144"></a>5.4. Cache Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Block Tor disk cache and clear all cache on Tor Toggle"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711150"></a>Block Tor disk cache and clear all cache on Tor Toggle</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_cache</strong></span> </p><p>This option causes Torbutton to call <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsICacheService#evictEntries.28.29" target="_top">nsICacheService.evictEntries(0)</a> on Tor toggle to remove all entries from the cache. In addition, this setting causes Torbutton to set <a class="ulink" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.disk.enable" target="_top">browser.cache.disk.enable</a> to false. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Block disk and memory cache during Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671331"></a>Block disk and memory cache during Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_cache</strong></span></p><p>This setting +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Block disk and memory cache during Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711200"></a>Block disk and memory cache during Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.block_cache</strong></span></p><p>This setting causes Torbutton to set <a class="ulink" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.memory.enable" target="_top">browser.cache.memory.enable</a>, <a class="ulink" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.disk.enable" target="_top">browser.cache.disk.enable</a> and <a class="ulink" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.http.use-cache" target="_top">network.http.use-cache</a> to false during tor usage. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> requirements. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.5. Cookie and Auth Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2671385"></a>5.5. Cookie and Auth Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear Cookies on Tor Toggle"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671390"></a>Clear Cookies on Tor Toggle</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_cookies</strong></span> +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.5. Cookie and Auth Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2711253"></a>5.5. Cookie and Auth Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear Cookies on Tor Toggle"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711259"></a>Clear Cookies on Tor Toggle</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_cookies</strong></span> </p><p> This setting causes Torbutton to call <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsICookieManager#removeAll.28.29" target="_top">nsICookieManager.removeAll()</a> on @@ -933,7 +934,7 @@ which prevents them from being written to disk. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Store Non-Tor cookies in a protected jar"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671441"></a>Store Non-Tor cookies in a protected jar</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.cookie_jars</strong></span> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Store Non-Tor cookies in a protected jar"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711310"></a>Store Non-Tor cookies in a protected jar</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.cookie_jars</strong></span> </p><p> This setting causes Torbutton to use <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/cookie-jar-selector;2</a> to store @@ -946,15 +947,15 @@ which prevents them from being written to disk. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> and <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Store both Non-Tor and Tor cookies in a protected jar (dangerous)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671498"></a>Store both Non-Tor and Tor cookies in a protected jar (dangerous)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.dual_cookie_jars</strong></span> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Store both Non-Tor and Tor cookies in a protected jar (dangerous)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711366"></a>Store both Non-Tor and Tor cookies in a protected jar (dangerous)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.dual_cookie_jars</strong></span> </p><p> This setting causes Torbutton to use <a class="ulink" href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbutton.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/src/components…" target="_top">@torproject.org/cookie-jar-selector;2</a> to store both Tor and Non-Tor cookies into protected jars. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Manage My Own Cookies (dangerous)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671540"></a>Manage My Own Cookies (dangerous)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: None</p><p>This setting disables all Torbutton cookie handling by setting the above -cookie prefs all to false.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable DOM Storage during Tor usage (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671556"></a>Disable DOM Storage during Tor usage (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Do not write Tor/Non-Tor cookies to disk"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671558"></a>Do not write Tor/Non-Tor cookies to disk</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Manage My Own Cookies (dangerous)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711409"></a>Manage My Own Cookies (dangerous)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: None</p><p>This setting disables all Torbutton cookie handling by setting the above +cookie prefs all to false.</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Disable DOM Storage during Tor usage (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711424"></a>Disable DOM Storage during Tor usage (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Do not write Tor/Non-Tor cookies to disk"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711426"></a>Do not write Tor/Non-Tor cookies to disk</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.tor_memory_jar</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.nontor_memory_jar</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> These settings (contributed by arno) cause Torbutton to set <a class="ulink" href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.cookie.lifetimePolicy" target="_top">network.cookie.lifetimePolicy</a> @@ -974,13 +975,13 @@ usage to prevent <a class="ulink" href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:Storage" target="_top">DOM Storage</a> from being used to store persistent information across Tor states.</p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear HTTP Auth on Tor Toggle (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671659"></a>Clear HTTP Auth on Tor Toggle (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_http_auth</strong></span> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear HTTP Auth on Tor Toggle (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711528"></a>Clear HTTP Auth on Tor Toggle (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.clear_http_auth</strong></span> </p><p> This setting causes Torbutton to call <a class="ulink" href="http://www.oxymoronical.com/experiments/apidocs/interface/nsIHttpAuthManager" target="_top">nsIHttpAuthManager.clearAll()</a> every time Tor is toggled. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.6. Startup Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2671698"></a>5.6. Startup Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="On Browser Startup, set Tor state to: Tor, Non-Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671703"></a>On Browser Startup, set Tor state to: Tor, Non-Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.6. Startup Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2711566"></a>5.6. Startup Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="On Browser Startup, set Tor state to: Tor, Non-Tor"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711572"></a>On Browser Startup, set Tor state to: Tor, Non-Tor</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.restore_tor</strong></span> </p><p>This option governs what Tor state tor is loaded in to. <code class="function">torbutton_set_initial_state()</code> covers the case where the @@ -994,7 +995,7 @@ setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement in the event of Firefox crashes by ensuring all cookies, settings and saved sessions are reloaded from a fixed Tor state. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Prevent session store from saving Non-Tor/Tor-loaded tabs"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671754"></a>Prevent session store from saving Non-Tor/Tor-loaded tabs</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Prevent session store from saving Non-Tor/Tor-loaded tabs"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711622"></a>Prevent session store from saving Non-Tor/Tor-loaded tabs</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.nonontor_sessionstore</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.notor_sessionstore</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p>If these options are enabled, the <a class="link" href="#tbsessionstore" title="@torproject.org/torbutton-ss-blocker;1">tbSessionStore.js</a> component uses the session store listeners to filter out the appropriate tabs before writing the session @@ -1004,7 +1005,7 @@ This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#disk">Disk Avoidance</a requirement, and also helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement in the event of Firefox crashes. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.7. Shutdown Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2671812"></a>5.7. Shutdown Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear cookies on Tor/Non-Tor shutdown"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671818"></a>Clear cookies on Tor/Non-Tor shutdown</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.shutdown_method</strong></span> +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.7. Shutdown Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2711681"></a>5.7. Shutdown Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Clear cookies on Tor/Non-Tor shutdown"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711686"></a>Clear cookies on Tor/Non-Tor shutdown</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.shutdown_method</strong></span> </p><p> This option variable can actually take 3 values: 0, 1, and 2. 0 means no cookie clearing, 1 means clear only during Tor-enabled shutdown, and 2 means clear for both Tor and Non-Tor shutdown. When set to 1 or 2, Torbutton listens @@ -1013,7 +1014,7 @@ for the <a class="ulink" href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Observer_Not to clear out all cookies and all cookie jars upon shutdown. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#state">State Separation</a> requirement. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.8. Header Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2671872"></a>5.8. Header Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Set user agent during Tor usage (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2671878"></a>Set user agent during Tor usage (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.8. Header Settings"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2711741"></a>5.8. Header Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" title="Set user agent during Tor usage (crucial)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711746"></a>Set user agent during Tor usage (crucial)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.set_uagent</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.platform_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.oscpu_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.buildID_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.productsub_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.appname_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.appversion_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.useragent_override</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.useragent_vendor</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.useragent_vendorSub</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p>On face, user agent switching appears to be straight-forward in Firefox. It provides several options for controlling the browser user agent string: @@ -1037,7 +1038,7 @@ certain resource:// files</a>. These cases are handled by Torbutton's </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirement. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Spoof US English Browser"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2672052"></a>Spoof US English Browser</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Spoof US English Browser"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2711920"></a>Spoof US English Browser</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.spoof_english</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.spoof_charset</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.spoof_language</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> This option causes Torbutton to set <span class="command"><strong>general.useragent.locale</strong></span> @@ -1048,7 +1049,7 @@ This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonym well as hooking <span class="command"><strong>navigator.language</strong></span> via its <a class="link" href="#jshooks" title="Hook Dangerous Javascript">javascript hooks</a>. </p><p> This setting helps to satisfy the <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> and <a class="link" href="#location">Location Neutrality</a> requirements. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Referer Spoofing Options"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2672145"></a>Referer Spoofing Options</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.refererspoof</strong></span> +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Referer Spoofing Options"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2712014"></a>Referer Spoofing Options</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.refererspoof</strong></span> </p><p> This option variable has three values. If it is 0, "smart" referer spoofing is enabled. If it is 1, the referer behaves as normal. If it is 2, no referer is @@ -1057,8 +1058,8 @@ sent. The default value is 1. The smart referer spoofing is implemented by the </p><p> This setting also does not directly satisfy any Torbutton requirement, but -some may desire to mask their referrer for general privacy concerns. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Strip platform and language off of Google Search Box queries"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2672179"></a>Strip platform and language off of Google Search Box queries</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.fix_google_srch</strong></span> +some may desire to mask their referer for general privacy concerns. +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Strip platform and language off of Google Search Box queries"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2712047"></a>Strip platform and language off of Google Search Box queries</h4></div></div></div><p>Option: <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.fix_google_srch</strong></span> </p><p> This option causes Torbutton to use the <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Search_Service:API" target="_top">@mozilla.org/browser/search-service;1</a> @@ -1068,7 +1069,7 @@ platform information. This setting strips off that info while Tor is enabled. </p><p> This setting helps Torbutton to fulfill its <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirement. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Automatically use an alternate search engine when presented with a Google Captcha"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2672220"></a>Automatically use an alternate search engine when presented with a +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Automatically use an alternate search engine when presented with a Google Captcha"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2712088"></a>Automatically use an alternate search engine when presented with a Google Captcha</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.asked_google_captcha</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.dodge_google_captcha</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.google_redir_url</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> @@ -1093,7 +1094,7 @@ options are duckduckgo.com, ixquick.com, bing.com, yahoo.com and scroogle.org. T encoded in the preferences <span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.redir_url.[1-5]</strong></span>. -</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Store SSL/CA Certs in separate jars for Tor/Non-Tor (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2672300"></a>Store SSL/CA Certs in separate jars for Tor/Non-Tor (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: +</p></div><div class="sect3" title="Store SSL/CA Certs in separate jars for Tor/Non-Tor (recommended)"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2712169"></a>Store SSL/CA Certs in separate jars for Tor/Non-Tor (recommended)</h4></div></div></div><p>Options: </p><table border="0" summary="Simple list" class="simplelist"><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.jar_certs</strong></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="command"><strong>extensions.torbutton.jar_ca_certs</strong></span></td></tr></table><p> </p><p> @@ -1135,15 +1136,7 @@ also be used to <a class="ulink" href="http://pseudo-flaw.net/tor/torbutton/fing Firefox down the to the minor version</a>. Note that his test has not been updated since 3.5.3, hence it reports 3.5.3 for more recent Firefoxes. This bug interferes with Torbutton's ability to satisfy its <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirement. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280661" target="_top">Bug 280661 - SOCKS proxy server -connection timeout hard-coded</a><p> - -This bug prevents us from using the Firefox SOCKS layer directly, and -currently requires us to ship an auxiliary HTTP proxy called <a class="ulink" href="http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/polipo/" target="_top">Polipo</a>. If this -patch were landed, we would no longer need to ship Polipo, which has a number -of privacy and security issues of its own (in addition to being unmaintained). - - </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418986" target="_top">Bug 418986 - window.screen + </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418986" target="_top">Bug 418986 - window.screen provides a large amount of identifiable information</a><p> As <a class="link" href="#fingerprinting">mentioned above</a>, a large amount of @@ -1202,7 +1195,7 @@ precision timer can still be used to fingerprint aspects of a browser's javascript engine and processor, and apparently also a user's typing cadence. This bug hinders Torbutton's ability to satisfy its <a class="link" href="#setpreservation">Anonymity Set Preservation</a> requirement. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122752" target="_top">SOCKS + </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122752" target="_top">Bug 122752 - SOCKS Username/Password Support</a><p> We need <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/nsIProxyInfo" target="_top">Firefox APIs</a> or about:config settings to control the SOCKS Username and @@ -1238,14 +1231,7 @@ requirement on Firefox 3. </p></li></ol></div></div><div class="sect2" title="6.2. Bugs blocking functionality"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="FirefoxWishlist"></a>6.2. Bugs blocking functionality</h3></div></div></div><p> The following bugs impact Torbutton and similar extensions' functionality. - </p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445696" target="_top">Bug 445696 - -Extensions cannot determine if Firefox is full screen</a><p> - -The windowState property of <a class="ulink" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL/window" target="_top">ChromeWindows</a> does not accurately reflect the true -state of the window in some cases on Linux. This causes Torbutton to attempt -to resize maximized and minimized windows when it should not. - - </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629820" target="_top">nsIContentPolicy::shouldLoad not + </p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629820" target="_top">Bug 629820 - nsIContentPolicy::shouldLoad not called for web request in Firefox Mobile</a><p> The new <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Fennec/Extensions/Electrolysis" target="_top">Electrolysis</a> @@ -1256,17 +1242,7 @@ HTTPS-Everywhere to Firefox Mobile. It probably also has similar issues with wrapping existing <a class="link" href="#hookedxpcom" title="2.1. Hooked Components">Firefox XPCOM components</a>, which will also cause more problems for porting Torbutton. - </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290456" target="_top">Bug 290456 - -Block/clear Flash MX "cookies" as well</a><p> - -Today, it is possible to allow plugins if you have a transparent proxy such as -<a class="ulink" href="http://anonymityanywhere.com/incognito/" target="_top">Incognito</a> to prevent proxy bypass. However, flash cookies can still be used to -link your Tor and Non-Tor activity, and this reveal your IP to an adversary -that does so. This can be solved by manually removing your flash cookies (like -<a class="ulink" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6623" target="_top">BetterPrivacy</a> does), but -it would be nice if there was a standard way to do this from a Firefox API. - - </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=417869" target="_top">Bug 417869 - + </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=417869" target="_top">Bug 417869 - Browser context is difficult to obtain from many XPCOM callbacks</a><p> It is difficult to determine which tabbrowser many XPCOM callbacks originate @@ -1279,17 +1255,7 @@ FoxyProxy) difficult to impossible to implement securely. The following bugs have an effect upon Torbutton, but are superseded by more practical and more easily fixable variant bugs above; or have stable, simple workarounds. - </p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435151" target="_top">Bug 435151 - XPCSafeJSObjectWrapper breaks evalInSandbox</a><p> - -Under Firefox 3, the XPCSafeJSObjectWrapper breaks when you try to use -constructors of classes defined from within the scope of the sandbox, among -other things. This prevents Torbutton from applying the Timezone hooks under -Firefox 3, but a better solution for Torbutton's specific date hooking needs -would be a fix for the above mentioned Bug 392274. Of course, many more -extensions may be interested in the sandbox hooking functionality working -properly though. - - </p></li><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=440892" target="_top">Bug 440892 - + </p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=440892" target="_top">Bug 440892 - network.protocol-handler.warn-external are ignored</a><p> Sometime in the Firefox 3 development cycle, the preferences that governed @@ -1464,13 +1430,13 @@ or complete, but it is automated and could be turned into something useful with a bit of work. </p></li></ol></div><p> - </p></div><div class="sect2" title="7.2. Multi-state testing"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2673409"></a>7.2. Multi-state testing</h3></div></div></div><p> + </p></div><div class="sect2" title="7.2. Multi-state testing"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="id2713234"></a>7.2. Multi-state testing</h3></div></div></div><p> The tests in this section are geared towards a page that would instruct the user to toggle their Tor state after the fetch and perform some operations: mouseovers, stray clicks, and potentially reloads. - </p><div class="sect3" title="Cookies and Cache Correlation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2673421"></a>Cookies and Cache Correlation</h4></div></div></div><p> + </p><div class="sect3" title="Cookies and Cache Correlation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2713246"></a>Cookies and Cache Correlation</h4></div></div></div><p> The most obvious test is to set a cookie, ask the user to toggle tor, and then have them reload the page. The cookie should no longer be set if they are using the default Torbutton settings. In addition, it is possible to leverage @@ -1478,11 +1444,11 @@ the cache to <a class="ulink" href="http://crypto.stanford.edu/sameorigin/safeca identifiers</a>. The default settings of Torbutton should also protect against these from persisting across Tor Toggle. - </p></div><div class="sect3" title="Javascript timers and event handlers"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2673444"></a>Javascript timers and event handlers</h4></div></div></div><p> + </p></div><div class="sect3" title="Javascript timers and event handlers"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2713268"></a>Javascript timers and event handlers</h4></div></div></div><p> Javascript can set timers and register event handlers in the hopes of fetching URLs after the user has toggled Torbutton. - </p></div><div class="sect3" title="CSS Popups and non-script Dynamic Content"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2673456"></a>CSS Popups and non-script Dynamic Content</h4></div></div></div><p> + </p></div><div class="sect3" title="CSS Popups and non-script Dynamic Content"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2713281"></a>CSS Popups and non-script Dynamic Content</h4></div></div></div><p> Even if Javascript is disabled, CSS is still able to <a class="ulink" href="http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/css%20pop%20ups/" target="_top">create popup-like @@ -1507,7 +1473,7 @@ these attacks, playing with them, and reporting what you find (and potentially submitting the test cases back to be run in the standard batch of Torbutton tests. - </p><div class="sect3" title="Some suggested vectors to investigate"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2673511"></a>Some suggested vectors to investigate</h4></div></div></div><p> + </p><div class="sect3" title="Some suggested vectors to investigate"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="id2713336"></a>Some suggested vectors to investigate</h4></div></div></div><p> </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">Strange ways to register Javascript <a class="ulink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOM_Events" target="_top">events</a> and <a class="ulink" href="http://www.devshed.com/c/a/JavaScript/Using-Timers-in-JavaScript/" target="_top">timeouts</a> should be verified to actually be ineffective after Tor has been toggled.</li><li class="listitem">Other ways to cause Javascript to be executed after <span class="command"><strong>javascript.enabled</strong></span> has been toggled off.</li><li class="listitem">Odd ways to attempt to load plugins. Kyle Williams has had

1 0

← Newer
1
...
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
...
89
Older →

Jump to page: