[tor-bugs] #9395 [TorBirdy]: Using the TBB port 9150 exclusively breaks Torbirdy with a regular Tor install.

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#9395: Using the TBB port 9150 exclusively breaks Torbirdy with a regular Tor
install.
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 Reporter:  schulze   |          Owner:  tagnaq  
     Type:  defect    |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:          
Component:  TorBirdy  |        Version:          
 Keywords:            |         Parent:          
   Points:            |   Actualpoints:          
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Changes (by tagnaq):

  * status:  new => assigned
  * owner:  ioerror => tagnaq


Comment:

 Hi,

 thanks for your input.

 My initial documentation [1] was meant to be used for a "system tor"
 setup. "system tor" is a tor instance that automatically starts as soon as
 the system boots (or the user logs in).

 Apparently Sukhbir changed it [2] to use port 9150  (default SocksPort
 setting in current TBB).

 So the question is: Do we want Windows users to use a Vidalia Bundle* (=
 system tor) or TBB to get a running Tor instance?

 I'm in favor of a system tor (via vidalia bundle) because the vidalia
 interface of Vidalia Bundles has the setting 'Start Vidalia when my system
 starts' - a setting which is not available in TBB's vidalia.

 The Vidalia Bridge Bundle does start a SOCKS listener on *9050*.


 *) we ask Win/OSX users to download the 'vidalia bundle', but the 'vidalia
 bundle' seems no longer available, now there are the following bundles
 available: 'Vidalia Bridge Bundle', 'Vidalia Relay Bundle' and 'Vidalia
 Exit Bundle' but no 'Vidalia Bundle' (client only) as there was ones.
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 [1]
 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/torbirdy?version=22#SetupSteps

 [2]
 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/torbirdy?action=diff&version=46&old_version=45

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