[tor-bugs] #2356 [Tor Bridge]: Clarification of the ReachableAddresses option

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#2356: Clarification of the ReachableAddresses option
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 Reporter:  anonym      |          Owner:  arma              
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  assigned          
 Priority:  major       |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.2.x-final
Component:  Tor Bridge  |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.1.26     
 Keywords:              |         Parent:                    
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by arma):

 When I reproduce all of this leaving Vidalia out of the loop, it works as
 expected:

 {{{
 Apr 28 18:50:43.884 [notice] Bridge at '188.x.x.x:443' isn't reachable by
 our firewall policy. Skipping.
 }}}

 When I use Vidalia to set the bridge, it looks like Vidalia is doing a
 resetconf on our reachableaddresses config option.

 Before:
 {{{
 getconf reachableaddresses
 250 ReachableAddresses=reject *:*
 }}}
 After:
 {{{
 getconf reachableaddresses
 250 ReachableAddresses
 }}}

 To be fair, I bet your Vidalia settings don't have "My firewall only lets
 me connect to certain ports" clicked. So you have told Vidalia that you
 can reach all addresses. Not totally crazy that it would correct your Tor
 to match your Vidalia settings.

 When I click the "My firewall only lets me connect to certain ports" and
 set it to 1, I get the behavior you wanted.

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