[tbb-bugs] #14956 [Tor Browser]: Loading faz.net produces loads of Rejecting-this-connection warnings in Tor Launcher (4.5 alpha)

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#14956: Loading faz.net produces loads of Rejecting-this-connection warnings in Tor
Launcher (4.5 alpha)
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 Reporter:  gk           |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser  |        Version:
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Parent ID:               |         Points:
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 Take a Tor Browser 4.5 alpha, set the Tor Launcher log method to `0` and
 the log level to `1` and load faz.net. The result is loads of
 {{{
 [02-19 20:10:02] TorLauncher DBUG: Event response: 650 WARN Your
 application (using socks5 to port 443) gave Tor a malformed hostname:
 "$2.faz.net". Rejecting the connection.
 }}}
 in your terminal. This does not happen in 4.0.4

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