Polipo starts on bootup

[kuhkatz]

Am 19.01.2011 03:27, schrieb andre76 at fastmail.fm:
> I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 and have the Tor browser bundle installed.
>
> After Ubuntu boots up and I try to start Tor I find that Tor won't
> start.  I found that Polipo is running so I did a Pidof polipo and then
> a sudo kill xxxx (for the polipo process number).
>
> Is there any reason I should have Polipo on my machine at all and,
> secondly, is there any risk in Polipo starting at bootup?
>    

AFAIK:
tor project patched the firefox included in TBB so it doesnt need polipo.
so, if you use the browser bundle, you dont need it,
but i am not aware of any dangers if it exists - it just dont get used.

> Should I just delete Polipo off my computer?
>
>    
if you dont use it otherwise than for tor (and then its only needed if 
you also installed tor, and not use the bundle) you should be ok with 
deleting it.
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