[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:  reopened
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
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Comment (by wagon):

 > For this task, some intermediate local transparent proxy, which maps
 myproxy to another IP, is probably better.
 There is a very simple solution which requires neither `myproxy` nor any
 additional proxy for this steup. It is enough to specify 127.0.0.1 as
 SOCKS proxy in tor-browser and then redirect tor-browser to Tor's IP:port
 using only [[https://serverfault.com/a/907324|iptables rules]]. It may be
 [[https://serverfault.com/a/364137|not an accurate solution from viewpoint
 of standards]] but it is neat, simple, and works fine.


 > See #17991, #17953, #17949, #17901 for why you can't use hard-coded
 127.0.0.1.
 I think it is a different problem. Tor-browser works fine with any IP of
 SocksPort, it is not needed to be hard-coded. This ticket is about using
 some hostname instead of IP.

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