[tor-bugs] #2822 [Tor Client]: fix for 2279 causes addresses mapped to private addresses to fail

Sat May 28 22:02:34 UTC 2011

#2822: fix for 2279 causes addresses mapped to private addresses to fail
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 Reporter:  arma        |          Owner:                     
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  new                
 Priority:  normal      |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.2.x-final 
Component:  Tor Client  |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.2.23-alpha
 Keywords:              |         Parent:                     
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:                     
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Comment(by Sebastian):

 I think localhost and .local are the only two we need to be worried about.

 But in fact we should make sure that exit nodes never try to resolve
 .local addresses, because that could leak interesting stuff about their
 local networks

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/2822#comment:5>
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