[tor-talk] [rt.torproject.org #5761] Connecting a browser which is not SOCKS compatible.

[Mason Mack]

>The upshot is, the machine running the proxy probably has a 192.168.0.x
>address. That is the address you need to use for the proxyAddress.

-_- It works now.



>Oh, wow. Where to begin? You can't just pluck an IP address out of the
ether and expect everything to just work.

It turns out I was misunderstanding what "proxyAddress" meant.  Polipo is
tragically unclear; If they mentioned that  "proxyAddress = address on your
network through which the other device >will use as a proxy<" it would have
saved me a ton of time and effort.

>I don't mean this to sound
>patronising (and I'm truly sorry if it does), but if you don't even
>know the basics of IP networking then I'd strongly advise *not*
>attempting what you are doing. You are going to compromise your
>anonymity. The Tor Browser does all the technical stuff for you and
>leaves you to concentrate on being safe. I think it would be
>irresponsible to give you a canned solution; blindly following
>instructions merely provides a false sense of security. Please just
>don't take the risk. :-(

>Julian



>All that said, I would recomend doing a bit of reading up on how IP
networks
>work, and learn the issues involved. I can't even go into right now what my
>concerns with this setup would be, if it were being used for something
serious.

>However if you just want the bragging rites for having your wii connect
over
>tor, that IP would be where I would look.

>-Steve



All in all, it's a matter of lazy convenience.  I prefer to browse through
a computer with a secure browser (Opera with Tor is sufficient for my
needs), but that is not an option due to recent hardware failures.  This
old desktop will likely crash if I try to use a Tor browser, and isn't
compatible with the latest PC and Windows security updates.  Some of the
mistakes I made are from following "canned solutions", which is reckless,
but I'd rather make all of the mistakes I can before I actually come to
need such important security measures as Tor.  All in all, this setup will
allow me to do what I need and the rest will be on a combination of my
habits and plausible deniability (the Wii doesn't keep a browser history) ;)

Thanks, folks.


...also, when I brag to other people that I'm the first person to do this,
I might need to "borrow" those technical warnings.  Hope you people don't
mind.

-Mason