[tor-bugs] #13129 [Tor]: Option for downgrading "Rejecting SOCKS request for anonymous connection to private address" log

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#13129: Option for downgrading "Rejecting SOCKS request for anonymous connection to
private address" log
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 Reporter:  arma    |          Owner:
     Type:  defect  |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal  |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.5.x-final
Component:  Tor     |        Version:
 Keywords:          |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:          |         Points:
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 Tor Browser (or more precisely, both Tor Button and Tor Launcher)
 intentionally make requests via Tor to 127.0.0.1, because of #10682. See
 e.g.
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-
 launcher.git/blob/HEAD:/src/install.rdf#l12

 So we have a thin but steady stream of users who see
 {{{
 Rejecting SOCKS request for anonymous connection to private address
 [scrubbed]
 }}}
 warnings in their logs, and ask us what the deal is.

 That said, in other situations I've actually found it useful for that warn
 to show up, since e.g. my Pidgin was making requests to 127.0.0.1 rather
 than to the xmpp server, and that was a bug in my Pidgin.

 Does that argue for a torrc option that TB can set to indicate that it
 knows it'll be doing this otherwise-considered-broken behavior?

 Hm.

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