[tor-bugs] #20795 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Torbrowser crashes if it can't DNS resolve the Socks5Proxy host in torrc

Fri Dec 16 00:06:44 UTC 2016

#20795: Torbrowser crashes if it can't DNS resolve the Socks5Proxy host in torrc
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 Reporter:  gaffer206                 |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
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Comment (by gaffer206):

 i can fix the problem as follows:

 sed -i -e '/Socks5Proxy/d' ./Library/Application\ Support/TorBrowser-
 Data/Tor/torrc

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