[tor-bugs] #8641 [TorBrowserButton]: Create Browser UI indication for current circuit status and exit IP

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#8641: Create Browser UI indication for current circuit status and exit IP
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     Reporter:  mikeperry         |      Owner:  mikeperry
         Type:  enhancement       |     Status:  needs_information
     Priority:  major             |  Milestone:
    Component:  TorBrowserButton  |    Version:
   Resolution:                    |   Keywords:  tbb-usability
Actual Points:                    |  Parent ID:  #5752
       Points:                    |
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Comment (by lunar):

 Replying to [comment:19 arthuredelstein]:
 > Replying to [comment:18 lunar]:
 > > I don't think it's related to `IsolateDestPort` in any way. Relay exit
 policy:
 > > {{{
 > > accept *:443
 > > reject *:*
 > > }}}
 > >
 > > Page is at `https://www.example.org/`. It loads a resource from `https
 ://another-host.example.net:4242/`. The circuit that has been used to load
 the page cannot be used to fetch this resource. How does the patch you
 mentioned handle this?
 >
 > As it stands, my patch doesn't make any attempt to handle this
 situation. What does the latest version of TorBrowser do now? Presumably
 after my patch, the behavior would be the same.

 Ok, So I believe you are not fully understanding the effects of the patch
 you wrote for #3455, or maybe you shouldn't approximate them to “fetches
 third party content over the same circuit” because to my understanding,
 Tor will still create a different circuit for each host providing
 resources.

 > > I believe the correct behavior would be to use another circuit. Then
 it should be visible in the UI.
 >
 > Is that perhaps a little dangerous as it allows a site to automatically
 force clients to make requests through a particular exit node with a
 unique whitelisted port?

 How would it selects a particular exit node? See the list of
 [https://check.torproject.org/cgi-
 bin/TorBulkExitList.py?ip=192.0.2.1&port=4242 all exits that should allow
 a client to reach `another-host.example.net:4242`].

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