[tor-bugs] #7656 [TorBrowserButton]: Stop automated redundant tor browser requests; disable network.http.connection-retry-timeout

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#7656: Stop automated redundant tor browser requests; disable network.http
.connection-retry-timeout
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    Reporter:  cypherpunks       |       Owner:  mikeperry
        Type:  defect            |      Status:  reopened 
    Priority:  blocker           |   Milestone:           
   Component:  TorBrowserButton  |     Version:           
  Resolution:                    |    Keywords:           
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Comment(by cypherpunks):

 > So it would seem that I am getting two socks connections (as expected),
 but only one of them generates an http request onto the circuit.
 >
 > So perhaps this issue isn't so bad after all.

 You could to try some https link too. Both connections tries to do TLS
 handshake, it's not so good while people tries to use https everywhere.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/7656#comment:10>
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