[tor-bugs] #2905 [Vidalia]: Adapt Vidalia UI to allow users to avoid connecting to the public tor network

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#2905: Adapt Vidalia UI to allow users to avoid connecting to the public tor
network
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 Reporter:  anonym   |          Owner:  chiiph         
     Type:  defect   |         Status:  new            
 Priority:  major    |      Milestone:  Vidalia: 0.2.13
Component:  Vidalia  |        Version:  Vidalia 0.2.10 
 Keywords:  bridges  |         Parent:                 
   Points:           |   Actualpoints:                 
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Comment(by anonym):

 Replying to [comment:24 chiiph]:
 > I agree it isn't the most consistent thing to have UseBridges 1 and no
 bridges and Tor running like nothing happened.
 There's actually a very valid reason for users of Vidalia to set this. Let
 me quote the Vidalia network settings help:
   My ISP blocks connections to the Tor network: [...] Even if you do not
 know any bridge relay addresses, checking this checkbox may still be
 helpful. Tor will encrypt its directory requests [...]
 Sure, it is only relevant for clients using Tor <0.2.0.22-rc, since
 TunnelDirConns and PreferTunneledDirConns are set to 1 by default from
 that Tor version and on. But for users who actually read the help I would
 expect some of them to set "My ISP blocks..." but add no bridges.

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