[tor-bugs] #28642 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Tor browser cannot connect to SOCKS server if it is not specified by IP address

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#28642: Tor browser cannot connect to SOCKS server if it is not specified by IP
address
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 Reporter:  wagon   |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect  |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  Medium  |      Component:  Applications/Tor Browser
  Version:          |       Severity:  Normal
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 I have tor running at another host with IP 10.0.0.1. It is accessible by
 tor-browser running on 10.0.0.2 via network connection. In TBB 8.0.3, if I
 put in `/path/to/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default/user.js`
 an option
 {{{
 user_pref("network.proxy.socks", "10.0.0.1");
 }}}
 it works fine. However, if I put
 {{{
 user_pref("network.proxy.socks", "myproxy");
 }}}
 where `myproxy` is added to `/etc/hosts` as `10.0.0.1 myproxy`, tor-
 browser cannot connect. Original firefox 60.3.0 (8.0.3 is based on this
 version) works fine if proxy is specified as `myproxy`. Is it a feature or
 bug? Do we have some workaround for this?

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