[tor-bugs] #10100 [Tor bundles/installation]: New functionality for TBB's Vidalia

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#10100: New functionality for TBB's Vidalia
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 Reporter:  imalive                   |          Owner:  erinn
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:
 Keywords:  tbb vidalia               |  Actual Points:
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 When using a transparent proxy (such Whonix-Gateway), or when Tor is
 already installed, Vidalia must start Tor and only then TorBrowser starts.

 Transparent proxy: even setting up the socks proxy on TorBrowser to avoid
 a Tor over Tor connection, Vidalia/Tor creates a useless Tor over Tor
 connection which must be established before TB starts.

 Tor already installed: there are two Tor instances (no need). It also
 doubles the number of used entry points.

 There could be a second start-tor-browser script (maybe separately
 downloaded to avoid confusion on new users) that do not start Vidalia and
 Tor, and just start TorBrowser.

 Or there could be a new option on TBB's Vidalia to just start TorBrowser,
 as it is possible to do not start Tor with Vidalia.

 I think the new identity function on TorButton will fail.

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