I've tried connecting with "Tor/Privacy (SOCKS5)" but still get the same error =( "From the Tor side" do you mean on the server side or something else?
2014-09-10 13:43 GMT+02:00 Roger Dingledine <a...@mit.edu>: > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 01:28:15PM +0200, Perforin wrote: >> HI That's because the DNS requests are not made through Tor, so Pidgin >> can't resolv the hidden service onion URL. You need Polipo or Privoxy >> running, configure it with tunneling everything through Tor (don't >> forget the DNS requests!!!). Lastly you need to configure pidgin to use >> the local privoxy/polipo port as a socks5 proxy. > > I think the "DNS requests are being done by your application rather > than passing the hostname into Tor" theory is a likely one. > > But telling your Pidgin to use an http proxy (privoxy or polipo) as a > socks5 proxy is definitely not going to do what you want. :) > > In my case I configure my Pidgin to use the proxy type called > "Tor/Privacy (SOCKS5)". This setting tells Pidgin that you really > do want the traffic to go through the proxy, and if it can't use the > proxy you would rather it not attempt the connection. If your Pidgin > doesn't have this proxy type, you should consider upgrading. > > From the Tor side, you might set > TestSocks 1 > which will make your Tor client log more useful debugging things for you. > > Hope that helps, > --Roger > > -- > tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk -- Regards, Martin S -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
