[tbb-bugs] #28642 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Tor browser cannot connect to SOCKS server if it is not specified by IP address

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#28642: Tor browser cannot connect to SOCKS server if it is not specified by IP
address
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 Reporter:  wagon                     |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:  wontfix
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Comment (by wagon):

 > `network.proxy.socks_remote_dns` is the preference which might help you.
 You are right. If it is false, it works. However, it is strange that value
 of this option in `user.js` is ignored. I have to change it from browser
 in `about:config` manually. Why? I found that in `/path/to/profile.meek-
 http-helper` it is written
 {{{
 // Make sure DNS is also blackholed. network.proxy.socks_remote_dns is
 // overridden by meek-http-helper at startup.
 }}}
 but I don't use transports.

 From anonymity point of view using tor as DNS service is not good, as
 different exit nodes will be used for DNS resolving and for data transfer,
 which makes tor usage pattern unique. For this task, some intermediate
 local transparent proxy, which maps `myproxy` to another IP, is probably
 better.

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