[tor-bugs] #4192 [Tor Browser]: make Tor Browser fail to connect when not launched from Vidalia

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#4192: make Tor Browser fail to connect when not launched from Vidalia
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 Reporter:  ioerror      |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  defect       |         Status:  assigned 
 Priority:  blocker      |      Milestone:           
Component:  Tor Browser  |        Version:           
 Keywords:  security     |         Parent:           
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:           
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 Replying to [comment:11 tmpname0901]:
 > I hope this proposal is not implemented as it will break LAN-wide Tor
 use.
 >
 > Vidalia is a convenience, not a necessity.  As things stand today a Tor
 Browser can connect to an instance of Tor that is serving a whole LAN, and
 work perfectly - no need for local copies of either Vidalia or even Tor
 itself. I wouldn't want to see this capability be lost.

 How do you launch Tor Browser in this case? Do you still manually point it
 at the TBB profile with -P? Do you set the TOR_SOCKS_PORT and
 TOR_CONTROL_PORT env vars to keep "New Identity" working? If both of these
 are the case, you should be fine. Otherwise, please let me know how you
 launch it.

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