[tor-bugs] #9924 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Firefox bug - TBB queries the A record of the hostname of the machine it is running on.

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#9924: Firefox bug - TBB queries the A record of the hostname of the machine it is
running on.
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks                         |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                              |         Status:
                                                |  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium                              |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser            |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                              |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-firefox-patch,tbb-proxy-bypass  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                      |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                      |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by gk):

 * status:  new => needs_information


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:6 cypherpunks]:
 > Replying to [comment:5 gk]:
 > > cypherpunks: Is that still an issue? If so, do you have logs (pcaps)
 for that? A couple of days ago I checked Tor Browser start-up on a Windows
 machine and no DNS resolution outside of Tor showed up
 > It was done by DNS Client service, and Tor Browser got it through IPC
 from the DNS Client cache.

 Do you have steps to reproduce that behavior? That would allow us to
 figure out what is going on and whether we need to fix that behavior.

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