Couple more questions

[Sven Anderson]

Am 21.08.2008 um 07:58 schrieb M:

> Hey guys, a few more questions for the experts:
>
> 1) I noticed that the Tor-IM-Browser package uses GAIM, routed  
> through SOCKS 5:9050. If I am using GAIM with TOR/Privoxy, should i  
> set Gaim to use SOCKS 5:9050 or,  or HTTP 127.0.0.1:8118 and routing  
> it through privoxy?

No, Privoxy is an HTTP-Proxy AFAIK. GAIM uses XMPP (Jabber) as  
protocol, so Privoxy can probably not handle it. But if GAIM is not a  
patched version, I fear that there are many possible information  
leaks. For example when triggering a file transfer, the real IP  
address might be disclosed.


Sven

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