[tor-bugs] #23249 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Tor Browser DNS security: hosts file bypassed when "Proxy DNS when using SOCKS v5" is enabled

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#23249: Tor Browser DNS security: hosts file bypassed when "Proxy DNS when using
SOCKS v5" is enabled
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 Reporter:  lux+tor@…                 |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Major                     |     Resolution:  not a bug
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Comment (by lux+tor@…):

 This ticket has been closed and marked as solved under the pretext of
 "''not a bug''". IMHO, it is an undeserved fate ...

 I don't know what is the policy for this bug tracking tool, so maybe I am
 mistaken. However:

  1. When I sayd "''This is not a bug''", I meant "''Tor Browser does not
 crash''", and '''not '''"''Tor Browser works as it should''".
  1. Some tickets are marked as "''enhancement''" and are not closed:
 [[https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21961
 1]][[https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/664 2]]. If my ticket
 should not have a "''defect''" type but rather a "''enhancement''" type,
 correcting the type would have been a more appropriate treatment than just
 closing it. I am new to this tool so, excuse me for the mistake.
  1. I have just found a ~similar~ issue, which has been marked as "''MAJOR
 BUG''" in Mozilla support website (https://support.mozilla.org/en-
 US/questions/1011327).
  1. I spent '''1h30 '''to write this full bug report, with a particular
 care to readability in order '''to help your team'''. At least, just to
 show some respect, I would have appreciated some explanation as why, even
 if some may qualify this as a bug, it will not be considered a bug nor
 converted into an enhancement nor even tested just to check if the problem
 is duplicable.

 I suspect your team to be quite busy, but still ...

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