[tor-talk] tor http proxy

Roger Dingledine arma at mit.edu
Thu Oct 27 20:37:22 UTC 2011


On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 07:30:42AM -0400, andrew at torproject.org wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 12:59:58AM -0400, arma at mit.edu wrote 1.0K bytes in 24 lines about:
> : (Using only a plain http proxy means you only proxy your unencrypted
> : directory fetches, which isn't very useful, especially now that Tor
> : tunnels its directory fetches over the TLS (https) connection by default.)
> 
> The HTTP option is still in vidalia. Nothing explains why it is there.
> Perhaps we should remove it? Is there any valid reason to leave HTTP
> only proxy options in Vidalia?
> 
> If not, I'll open a ticket to remove HTTP only option from Vidalia.

Good idea.

https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/4326

--Roger



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