IP address blocked on certain site

[Joe Btfsplk]

On 2/3/2011 10:23 PM, Robert Ransom wrote:
>> On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:21:34 -0500
>> "Aplin, Justin M"<jmaplin at ufl.edu>  wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/3/2011 8:28 PM, Joe Btfsplk wrote:
>>>> I am using Torbutton.  It is supposed to Torrify Firefox - yes?
>>> In a roundabout way, yes. Torbutton forwards Firefox traffic to Polipo,
>>> which in turn sends the traffic to the SOCKS port of Tor. Disabling
>>> Torbutton and entering the Tor SOCKS information into Firefox's network
>>> configuration would skip the Polipo part, and eliminate any problems 
>>> you
>>> might be having with some hidden Polipo cache.
>> Turning off 'Use Polipo' in the Torbutton Preferences dialog would be
>> easier and much safer.
>>
>>
>> Robert Ransom
>
> Do this. I haven't used Tor as a client in months, I'd completely 
> forgotten this was an option. My bad.
>
> ~Justin Aplin
>
Thanks.  I can see turning off Polipo as a test, but IF it turns out to 
be the problem, wouldn't that warrant opening a bug ticket?  After all, 
it really shouldn't be sending addresses no longer valid (or allowing 
sites to access the old info) - yes?  I'd rather not have to stop using 
Polipo completely.  It has a lot of useful functions.

I'm not aware of "hidden" cache in Polipo - others may know more - 
please chime in.  Given it's only happened on one site (this was a free, 
completely open site), maybe it's a fluke.  I really thought others 
would've seen a lot of same problem.  Apparently not.  I'll try to 
recreate problem & make notes as go thru ea step of trying to clear 
caches, closing apps / processes, etc.
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