[tor-bugs] #6287 [Vidalia]: Socks and Proxy Server List on Vidalia

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Tue Jul 3 21:38:00 UTC 2012


#6287: Socks and Proxy Server List on Vidalia
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 Reporter:  naif         |          Owner:  chiiph
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new   
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:        
Component:  Vidalia      |        Version:        
 Keywords:               |         Parent:        
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:        
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 DPI systems capable of detecting and blocking Tor does not always inspect
 Socks and HTTP Proxy traffic, by decapsulating it in order to apply the
 Tor detection logic.

 So Socks and HTTP  Proxy server can be an effective way to bypass Tor
 blocking in short term, as one of the arms for the never ending arm race.

 By using a Socks or an HTTP proxy server with Vidalia it's possible to
 bypass several censorship systems not doing analysis of traffic inside
 SOCKS or HTTP proxy servers.

 There are tons of sites providing free lists of open socks4, socks5 and
 http proxy server around the internet like:
 http://tools.rosinstrument.com/raw_free_db.htm?t=3

 However those proxy tend to be unreliable, a single proxy can be busy
 during a period or become useful some minutes later due to overload and
 other instabilities.

 So it's very useful for usability reason to be able to load a list of
 several socks4, socks5, http proxy servers and try to use each of them in
 a random loop until one is working.

 That way a user can look for his preferred source of open socks/proxy
 servers and load it into Vidalia increasing his chance to bypass direct
 Tor blocks.

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