[tor-bugs] #3009 [Tor bundles/installation]: Polipo is included (yet should not be?) in TBB 2.2.24-1 alpha (Windows)

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#3009: Polipo is included (yet should not be?) in TBB 2.2.24-1 alpha (Windows)
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 Reporter:  HG2G                      |          Owner:  erinn
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:       
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:       
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Comment(by rransom):

 Replying to [comment:3 HG2G]:

 > > > Privoxy is included in TBB 2.2.24-1 alpha for Windows even though
 Privoxy is not needed. I tested setting !TorButton to 'custom' with only
 SOCKS proxy set*, thus bypassing Privoxy, and TBB passed all 'Tor checks'
 (e.g., https://check.torproject.org). Using DNSEye there are no DNS leaks
 and I did not have any timeout erros when only using SOCKS proxy setting
 in Firefox.

 > > Unchecking the ‘Use Polipo’ checkbox in Torbutton's ‘Preferences’
 dialog is easier.
 > >
 > > We aren't worried about DNS leaks anymore -- Polipo has been included
 in the recent non-alpha releases purely in order to work around a hard-
 coded timeout in Firefox's SOCKS client support.

 > Yup, uncheckable "Use Polipo" and then checking "Use Custom Proxy
 Settings" is easier, but I wanted to test TBB from 1st start-up without
 using Polipo and Polipo settings. I realize DNS leaks were not an issue
 when using Polipo re its correct socks 5 code and Firefox 'not doing DNS
 lookups locally' (i.e., !TorButton configuration of
 ''user_pref("network.proxy.socks_remote_dns", true);''. However, I wanted
 to check and ensure the new socks patch for Firefox 4 in TBB 2.2.24-1
 alpha was working as expected (that is, handling DNS properly).

 Thanks!  That sort of testing is important.

 > > > Testing TBB 2.2.24-1 alpha (Firefox) page load speed with !FireBug
 and !HammerHead showed faster page load times without Privoxy vs with
 Privoxy for https://torproject.org, [https://blog.torproject.org/
 https://blog.torproject.org] and
 http://kpvz7ki2v5agwt35.onion/wiki/index.php/Main_Page.

 > > But since you could browse to a hidden service, it's likely that the
 copy of Firefox in that TBB is patched to fix the SOCKS timeout bug (as it
 should be), so Polipo ''is'' unnecessary.

 > Yup, that was my point for posting this report, but I didn't want to be
 too presumptuous and state for a fact Polipo should not be included (after
 all, I am just some random person, no one of import to the Tor Project). I
 asked Erinn about this a (few?) weeks ago, re whether the socks patch will
 be included in the new Tor Project fork of FF 4 with new TBB version(s),
 and she told me yes, the patch will be included. I agree Polipo should not
 be included in new TBBs (with FF 4) any longer, but I didn't want to
 overstep my bounds considering I am a nobody to the Tor project.

 You just submitted at least five (more than I could easily count)
 ''useful'' bug reports for TBB, along with useful information about
 several other TBB bug reports.  You're not a ‘nobody.’

 Replying to [comment:4 HG2G]:
 > rransom: forgive me if your name is not Robert, I thought it was, but
 now I believe I may have been thinking about Robert Hogan.

 It is.

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