On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 01:27:03PM -0600, Joe Btfsplk wrote: > >https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#TBBSocksPort > > > That article mentions OS X / Linux, but I don't know that the issue > of Tor using other random ports (in the FAQ) does NOT apply also to > Windows?
The Windows TBB doesn't set the ports to auto, since too many crappy Windows antivirus tools freak out when a program asks the OS to select what port it will bind to. So Windows TBB users have 9050 and 9051 by default. > Is there any security / anonymity difference, if Tor or TBB uses > ports other than 9050? e.g., 127.0.0.1:6xxxx There is a tiny difference: see point 1 at https://www.torproject.org/torbutton/en/design/index.html.en#preferences But it shouldn't matter much. > If I have say, Thunderbird configured to use the Tor (TBB) proxy - > 127.0.0.1:9050, then that's what my FW - network monitor shows it's > using. But shows TBB / Tor are using other ports. > Mostly still on local 127.0.0.1, but not port 9050. With another > application configured to use Tor (or no other apps using Tor), Tor > also uses a few "regular" IP addresses, in ADDITION to > 127.0.0.1:xxxxx addresses; probably DNS lookup, or similar. I'm guessing you're looking at outbound connections, not listener connections, in whatever 'network monitor' this is. --Roger _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
