-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 I have two system services: Tor and Polipo (web proxy). I was able to configure them, and they work well. I can redirect traffic from my normal Firefox profile to the proxy, and then to the Tor network. The same with other kind of traffic, like for example refreshing GPG keys. But I encountered a problem with configuring the TorBrowser. I know it can work on its own, and everything can be done automatically, but I just wanted to remove some unneeded processes, and also make use of the web proxy.
I followed the instructions included in the Browser/start-tor-browser file, which was to set the TorBrowser in the following way: # SETTING NAME VALUE # extensions.torbutton.banned_ports [...],9050,9051 # extensions.torbutton.block_disk false # extensions.torbutton.custom.socks_host 127.0.0.1 # extensions.torbutton.custom.socks_port 9050 # extensions.torbutton.inserted_button true # extensions.torbutton.launch_warning false # extensions.torbutton.loglevel 2 # extensions.torbutton.logmethod 0 # extensions.torbutton.settings_method custom # extensions.torbutton.socks_port 9050 # extensions.torbutton.use_privoxy false # extensions.torlauncher.control_port 9051 # extensions.torlauncher.loglevel 2 # extensions.torlauncher.logmethod 0 # extensions.torlauncher.prompt_at_startup false # extensions.torlauncher.start_tor false I also exported the the Tor socket password via the file using: setControlPortPasswd ${TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD:='"some-pass"'} The settings above stopped the built in Tor service from running. When I try to browse the internet using TorBrowser, everything seems to work just fine. I can see on my system monitor (vidalia) that the traffic goes to the tor network, and the Tor testing page says that I'm using Tor (the green onion). When I try to configure the TorBrowser in Preferences > Advanced > Network > Settings so the settings would point to the proxy, for instance: HTTP Proxy: 127.0.0.1 8118 SSL Proxy: 127.0.0.1 8118 FTP Proxy: 127.0.0.1 8118 SOCKS HOST: 127.0.0.1 9050 It doesn't work, and the TorBrowser simply returns an error which contains the "Unable to find the proxy server" message. When I set the same settings in my normal Firefox profile, I don't have that issue. The following are the config files for both services: # egrep -v ^# /etc/tor/torrc | egrep -v ^$ SocksPort 127.0.0.1:9050 Log notice syslog ControlPort 9051 HashedControlPassword 16:HASHED-PASS # egrep -v ^# /etc/polipo/config | egrep -v ^$ proxyAddress = "127.0.0.1" proxyPort = 8118 allowedClients = 127.0.0.1 allowedPorts = 1-65535 proxyName = "localhost" cacheIsShared = false socksParentProxy = "localhost:9050" socksProxyType = socks5 logSyslog = true logFile = /var/log/polipo/polipo.log diskCacheRoot = "/var/cache/polipo/" localDocumentRoot = "" disableLocalInterface = true disableConfiguration = true dnsQueryIPv6 = no censoredHeaders = from, acc So the questions is why the TorBrowser can't find the local proxy server? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJWxGd9AAoJEM0EaBB3G2Ug8iwP/3aqlzd2whY2b3xxL0lsGCiO GJNLoEjaGshz+J4PkeDA4uRo7TT4zz3+X16bOBcSClfX3yY3R4j48/XcE6uwLHt/ BJ/MApLIxqZDXWQ4C7902ytlfXCjZqeSgbzWVr4JCRajC2AikEGBE1WrapK7v9QL aX/F3Rx3jgM84KM9Zuqjgb1Zm4GS/llWdic9Wjm288Bn9Q7u+t3ydE9+H8wXdEAu N28nc4Pw6X1AbgWpcD1g5fhPLtlUdSj5WeaOZFKXqnsAGokrqUs+Sg+wZihROQa2 D+34OaVDKPbl1HdNh9cRVDRoc+Hh196+9kZS5voX+YnR0s3K1+oD6RGXXCyRXbiX DP+zDPhumoX2O4cGx9P4RSYPYKGpHjWNV/7Jxy0LuddFJEkDbKSpk+GLAMqBn5hj qmam25XRr799gjOF+fog5AVli7N1sSGmz/jsc6iaVE8nfwZCclMlDfI5kqHzPYVv uqA+EJPSH9W4bCKgjh2YSZlEC7Im1fb2nM9q3FHydCiy/cgzYP5iqxOGUvREnP2v Yzs1e1AuScwUsJri0ogcoBtuRXMvZAMC7fXaR5JMSPRfrO4AW0GhW0tqo/CdnuJQ 5I9vdr2rOkm3i8+i4HQ2lQdxkcaPur5zKaEeYWHGKYiiGC7v5dr5bYUU/QQP6V0F QTtMaObJZO3P9GYWwYqO =iZLG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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