[tor-bugs] #2445 [Torbutton]: A suggestion for Mikeperry and his Torbutton

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#2445: A suggestion for Mikeperry and his Torbutton
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 Reporter:  bee          |       Owner:  mikeperry       
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new             
 Priority:  trivial      |   Milestone:                  
Component:  Torbutton    |     Version:  Torbutton: 1.2.5
 Keywords:  new idea     |      Parent:                  
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 Hi!!!!!!!!!!!

 I found a new reason to use TOR!!!!!!!!!
 TOR allows you to easily access geo-limited content!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This
 is very funny!!!!!!
 You never easily know where proxy servers are located!!! but for TOR nodes
 it's easy!!!! servers have their flags in the MAP of VIDALIA, and it's
 very handy to use!!!!!!!!!
 So, i found this way to use a selected exit node!!!!!! In firefox you've
 to write in the address bar:
 {{{
 address.net.EXITNODENAME.exit
 address.net.$EXITNODEID.exit
 }}}
 Either way, not all websites work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 That system is flawed!!!!!!!!!!!!

 After a lot of thinking and experiments i found why!!!!!!!!!!!
 Click on this demo link!!!!
 http://www4.ncsu.edu.spftor2.exit/~awwatkin/SHTML/dump.shtml

 You see that the HTTP_HOST value has the exit node name too!!!!!!!!
 {{{
 HTTP_HOST=www4.ncsu.edu.spftor2.exit
 }}}
 I think it would be nice if in his button, mikeperry could add a feature
 to remove the text ".spftor2.exit" from the "HOST" field sent in the HTTP
 headers!!!!!!!!!
 This super feature to select a particular exit node is very useful!!! but
 to work it needs the improvement i described as well!!!! (not a priority
 though!!!!!!!!!!!)

 bye!!!!!!!!!!
 ~bee!!!!!!

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