[tor-bugs] #2905 [Vidalia]: Adapt Vidalia UI to allow users to avoid connecting to the public tor network

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#2905: Adapt Vidalia UI to allow users to avoid connecting to the public tor
network
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 Reporter:  anonym   |          Owner:  chiiph         
     Type:  defect   |         Status:  new            
 Priority:  major    |      Milestone:  Vidalia: 0.2.13
Component:  Vidalia  |        Version:  Vidalia 0.2.10 
 Keywords:  bridges  |         Parent:                 
   Points:           |   Actualpoints:                 
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Comment(by arma):

 Replying to [comment:27 anonym]:
 > There's actually a very valid reason for users of Vidalia to set this.
 Let me quote the Vidalia network settings help:
 >   My ISP blocks connections to the Tor network: [...] Even if you do not
 know any bridge relay addresses, checking this checkbox may still be
 helpful. Tor will encrypt its directory requests [...]
 > Sure, it is only relevant for clients using Tor <0.2.0.22-rc, since
 TunnelDirConns and PreferTunneledDirConns are set to 1 by default from
 that Tor version and on. But for users who actually read the help I would
 expect some of them to set "My ISP blocks..." but add no bridges.

 Somebody should fix the Vidalia help text to stop mentioning the tunnel
 dir conn stuff. It's been on-by-default in Tor for years, and now will
 just confuse users.

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