[tor-bugs] #5741 [Tor bundles/installation]: TBB proxy bypass: Some DNS requests not going through Tor

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#5741: TBB proxy bypass: Some DNS requests not going through Tor
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks               |          Owner:  erinn
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  blocker                   |      Milestone:       
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:       
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 Replying to [comment:6 arma]:
 > Replying to [ticket:5741 cypherpunks]:
 > > This is not the first time some rarely triggered bug in Firefox causes
 Tor to be bypassed, and certainly will not be the last one. Since these
 bugs have a very high security impact I propose they are guarded against.
 How about running Firefox inside some kind of firewall that drops all
 network packets not going to Tor?
 >
 > It would be great to see some very simple instructions for launching
 Tails in a VM in Windows.

 I thought tails stopped shipping with a catch-all/drop-all transproxy
 rule?

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