[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, MikePerryIterationFires20111009  |         Parent:           
   Points:                                             |   Actualpoints:           
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Comment(by tmpname0901):

 I launch the TBB Firefox like this:

 export
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$pathname/Lib:$pathname/App/Firefox:$pathname/App/Firefox/components
 $pathname/App/Firefox/firefox-bin -no-remote -profile
 $pathname/Data/profile

 So, what I'm using from the TBB is Firefox and the profile (including
 extensions).

 My LAN's server is running a middle node.  The traffic from FF simply
 joins the flow of packets that is already going through the relay.  I've
 verified (using iptables logging) that during a surfing session no DNS or
 HTTP/HTTPS packets are leaving my local machine.  It all goes to the SOCKS
 port on the LAN's Tor relay.

 With the scheme described above there is only a single threat to privacy:
 my LAN's server monitoring traffic between the LAN client and the Tor
 relay.  As I am the administrator of my LAN's server I am pretty confident
 that no snooping is being done.  :-)

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 $ diff build-scripts/config/no-polipo-4.0.js build-scripts/config/lan-tor-
 not-local+vidalia.js
 77c77
 < user_pref("extensions.torbutton.socks_host", "127.0.0.1");
 ---
 > user_pref("extensions.torbutton.socks_host", "192.168.0.1");
 81a82,90
 > user_pref("extensions.torbutton.custom.socks_host", "192.168.0.1");
 > user_pref("extensions.torbutton.custom.socks_port", 9050);
 > user_pref("extensions.torbutton.saved.no_proxies_on", "127.0.0.1");
 > user_pref("extensions.torbutton.saved.socks_host", "192.168.0.1");
 > user_pref("extensions.torbutton.saved.socks_port", 9050);
 > user_pref("extensions.torbutton.saved.socks_remote_dns", true);
 > user_pref("extensions.torbutton.saved.type", 1);
 > user_pref("extensions.torbutton.settings_method", "custom");
 > user_pref("extensions.torbutton.startup", true);

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