Re: GSoC Introduction! (TorButton)
I will also point out functionality Privoxy has as an option. When you come from another site, it spoofs the referrer as the root of the site being visited as indicated above. But as you move around within a site it reports the referrer accurately. Some sites require this for proper functioning. Just for the record, this feature first appeared in Polipo: http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Aug-2006/msg00191.html Juliusz
Re: GSoC Introduction! (TorButton)
Chris Humphry wrote: Hi Kroy! snip I informened Tor team how RefContorl will spoof the root of the site you are visiting as the referrer. I will also point out functionality Privoxy has as an option. When you come from another site, it spoofs the referrer as the root of the site being visited as indicated above. But as you move around within a site it reports the referrer accurately. Some sites require this for proper functioning.
Re: GSoC Introduction! (TorButton)
Hi Jim, --- On Sun, 5/31/09, Jim McClanahan jimmy...@copper.net wrote: From: Jim McClanahan jimmy...@copper.net Subject: Re: GSoC Introduction! (TorButton) To: or-talk@freehaven.net Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009, 11:08 AM Chris Humphry wrote: Hi Kroy! snip I informened Tor team how RefContorl will spoof the root of the site you are visiting as the referrer. I will also point out functionality Privoxy has as an option. When you come from another site, it spoofs the referrer as the root of the site being visited as indicated above. But as you move around within a site it reports the referrer accurately. Some sites require this for proper functioning. Thanks for the heads up. I use Polipo though. I don't want to be in the 'un-cool' anonymity set (just kidding), but I do not want to be in the smaller (I assume) Privoxy anonymity set. I have yet to have any issues with RefControl but I do like your desceiption about switching back to non-spoofing, smart.
Re: GSoC Introduction! (TorButton)
Hi Kroy! I'm glad to see work being done on TorButton. I was the person who came up with the modified TorButton idea with Mike Perry on IRC a long time ago. I see at your site (http://korykirk.com/GSoC/tor_app.html) you mention Refspoof. I have emailed Mike Perry about this before. I was also the person who suggested to use a referring spoofing Firefox plugin. But not Refspoof. I emailed Mike about this because on the TorButton page referrs to Refspoof. The plugin I oringally informened Tor team about, and the one they refer to, is really RefContorl (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/953), not Refspoof. I informened Tor team how RefContorl will spoof the root of the site you are visiting as the referrer. I do not know if Refspoof has this feature. To the feature it in RefControl is really easy. You should look at the code of RefControl, not Refspoof.. I also have a dangerous bug report to tell you about. If you set Firefox/TorButton to start as disabled and you are downloading a file with Tor and Firefox crashes when it restarts it will continues downloading the file *without* Tor! I am on Windows XP sp3 with current Tor-rc. I'm loooking forward to you work!
