Thanks for this important hint, I will consider it! ;-) Am Mon, 7 Jan 2019 08:16:34 +0100 (CET) schrieb <zna...@tutanota.com>:
> > Yes, Tor plugin in Icecat 63 not works properly. I reported it to a > developer through his website. > > There is one important thing that Tor plugin breaks. If you look at > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Tor#Firefox > <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Tor#Firefox> there are lines you should > configure in about:config page in Icecat > network.proxy.socks_remote_dns > truenetwork.dns.disablePrefetch > truenetwork.dns.disableIPv6 true So plugin resets > 'network.proxy.socks_remote_dns' to 'false' every time it runs and > every time you start Icecat having tor plugin is activated. And this > is why ISP performs dns requests. > > > Jan 7, 2019, 2:02 AM by m...@gnu.org: > > > On Sun, Jan 06, 2019 at 15:09:51 -0500, Joshua Branson wrote: > > > >> Now, when you start icecat, you may have to click on the tor > >> plugin to activate it, but it normally autostarts for me. > >> > >> Also, at least for me, that doesn't configure my browser to access > >> tor hidden services. But it does run all of your http traffic > >> through the tor network, which is pretty cool. > >> > > > > That's concerning to me: it seems to imply that DNS requests are > > _not_ being proxied through Tor, which could leak very sensitive > > information to your ISP and other parties. > > > > I use FoxyProxy Standard[0] (just by habit over the many years I've > > used Tor with Firefox), so I hadn't tried the Addon distributed with > > Icecat. FoxyProxy has an option to proxy DNS requests through Tor > > (and does so by default IIRC). > > > > [0]: > https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/FoxyProxy_Standard > > <https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/FoxyProxy_Standard> > > > > -- > > Mike Gerwitz > > Free Software Hacker+Activist | GNU Maintainer & Volunteer > > GPG: D6E9 B930 028A 6C38 F43B 2388 FEF6 3574 5E6F 6D05 > > https://mikegerwitz.com <https://mikegerwitz.com> > > > -- Sent from GNU
