[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:  closed         
    Priority:  blocker                   |   Milestone:                 
   Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |     Version:                 
  Resolution:  fixed                     |    Keywords:  MikePerry201205
      Parent:                            |      Points:  3              
Actualpoints:  3                         |  
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Changes (by mk):

 * cc: mk@… (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:8 rransom]:
 > Tails now drops all outgoing packets whose destination IP address is not
 RFC-1918 private.  Tails stopped using transparent proxy configuration in
 order to try to keep random crap on the system from linking the user's
 web-browsing activities, but still configures Tor as the GNOME default
 SOCKS proxy, which defeats most of that purpose.

 No, Tails
 [https://tails.boum.org/todo/the_end_of_transparent_proxying__63__/
 stopped] using transparent proxying mainly due to the danger of an
 application accidentally transmitting the IP address of the external
 interface the application is bound to. Defining an unneeded explicit proxy
 is undesirable, but orders of magnitude less dangerous.

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