[tor-dev] Tor port restriction option was removed

Keifer Bly keifer.bly at gmail.com
Wed Jul 4 13:56:05 UTC 2018


For me it’s been like that for the last few versions of tor browser….

From: Jonathan Marquardt
Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2018 6:24 AM
To: tor-dev at lists.torproject.org
Subject: Re: [tor-dev] Tor port restriction option was removed

On Wed, Jul 04, 2018 at 05:46:48AM -0700, Keifer Bly wrote:
> > I admit, a separate button that says “Configure” there could really be 
> > beneficial to void confusion. I agree, I think that future tor browser s 
> > having a dedicated “configure” button is a good idea for this reason.
> 
> And, upon clicking the “configure “ button at start up, this is what I get 
> (see the screenshot).
> 
> As you can see the options “tor is censored in my country” and “I use a 
> proxy to connect to the internet” options are there, but the “this computer 
> goes through a firewall that only allows connections on certain ports” 
> option is not there, only appearing when I click the “tor network settings” 
> button on the tor browser tab; I would suggest putting this option back in 
> the configure button window as this current layout may be troublesome for 
> people trying to connect from firewalls that only allow certain ports.

Oh, you're right! That's weird! Was this done on purpose or is it a bug?
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