[tor-bugs] #4725 [Tor Bridge]: Managed proxies should not bind locally by default

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#4725: Managed proxies should not bind locally by default
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 Reporter:  asn         |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  needs_review      
 Priority:  normal      |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Bridge  |        Version:                    
 Keywords:              |         Parent:                    
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by asn):

 Replying to [comment:2 nickm]:
 > That seems wrong to me.  We would want client proxies to listen on
 127.0.0.1, and server proxies to listen on INADDR_ANY, right?

 We don't set `TOR_PT_SERVER_BINDADDR` for client proxies, and they should,
 by default, listen on 127.0.0.1. We only set `TOR_PT_SERVER_BINDADDR` for
 server proxies [0].

 Please have a look at branch `bug4725_take2` where I use the INADDR_ANY
 definition, which I did not know of, instead of hardcoding "0.0.0.0".

 [0]:
 `set_managed_proxy_environment()`:
 {{{
   if (mp->is_server) {
     bindaddr = get_bindaddr_for_proxy(mp);
 ...
     tor_asprintf(tmp++, "TOR_PT_SERVER_BINDADDR=%s", bindaddr);
 ...
   }
 ...
 }}}

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