[tor-bugs] #6940 [TorBirdy]: analyze thunderbird HTTP proxy behaviour

Mon Sep 24 20:41:28 UTC 2012

#6940: analyze thunderbird HTTP proxy behaviour
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 Reporter:  tagnaq    |          Owner:  sukhbir 
     Type:  task      |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:          
Component:  TorBirdy  |        Version:          
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Comment(by ioerror):

 Replying to [comment:27 tagnaq]:
 > No, there is no patch needed.
 >
 > The following works fine for me:
 > {{{
 > gpg --keyserver-options http-proxy=socks5://127.0.0.1:<Insert your
 SocksPort here>,debug,verbose --search jacob at appelbaum.net
 > }}}
 >
 > Make sure you are using a recent curl version as David pointed out.

 There are a few things at play here - a major one is that gpg must be
 actually using curl (!) and when it does, it must be the right version.
 Sadly, curl appears to see the right proxy with gpg2 but then it doesn't
 do the right thing at all.

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