Hello, I am using Polipo with Tor. Therefore I have been using the polipo.conf file from https://svn.torproject.org/svn/torbrowser/trunk/build-scripts/config/polipo.conf
I am using: socksParentProxy = "localhost:9050" socksProxyType = socks5 However, I do not understand this part: # Uncomment this to disable Polipo's DNS resolver and use the system's # default resolver instead. If you do that, Polipo will freeze during # every DNS query: dnsUseGethostbyname = yes Section 3.9 of the Polipo manual says: Polipo usually tries to speak the DNS protocol itself rather than using the system re- solver5 . Its precise behaviour is controlled by the value of dnsUseGethostbyname. If dnsUseGethostbyname is false, Polipo never uses the system resolver. If it is reluctantly (the default), Polipo tries to speak DNS and falls back to the system resolver if a name server could not be contacted. If it is happily, Polipo tries to speak DNS, and falls back to the system resolver if the host couldn’t be found for any reason (this is not a good idea for shared proxies). Finally, if dnsUseGethostbyname is true, Polipo never tries to speak DNS itself and uses the system resolver straight away (this is not recommended). 1. Since "yes" is not one of the four options listed, what does "yes" mean? Why is this in the config file? I have posted to the Tor list with no response. 2. I always use Polipo with Tor. My understanding (tell me if I am wrong) is that Polipo passes DNS requests on to Tor which resolves them at the final exit node. Therefore, does it matter what is set for dnsUseGethostbyname (even if it is something like "true" or "reluctantly" which exist) since the socksParentProxy takes precedence and all DNS requests are automatically passed to Tor? Thanks - much appreciated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Polipo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/polipo-users
