[tor-bugs] #33279 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Tor Browser cannot bind SOCKS port 9050: How to change browser settings? (not torrc)
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#33279: Tor Browser cannot bind SOCKS port 9050: How to change browser settings?
(not torrc)
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Reporter: psisis | Owner: tbb-team
Type: defect | Status: needs_information
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
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Comment (by psisis):
Replying to [comment:1 pospeselr]:
> The symptoms as you've described don't really make any sense. The router
you're connected to has no bearing on your ability to open a port on
localhost.
>
> It sounds like instead your local firewall (ie Windows built-in or some
other you've installed) might be blocking the port, or you may have an old
lingering tor.exe process already bound to port 9050 and so launching a
*new* tor.exe fails. Can you confirm there are no orphaned tor.exe in the
process manager (or just reboot) and that you don't have some firewall or
anti-virus interfering here?
No, there is none. It worked perfectly fine for years until yesterday. The
only change I did was remove my router and connect directly to the
wallsocket. Meaning my local IP is given by ISP gateway. Now suddenly it
does not work. When I click “Copy Tor Log to Clipboard” it says 0 log
messages copied.
I also have a VPN connection in between, so I have bound tor to the VPN
IP. Tor.exe starts, but Tor Browser will not. I even added Tor Browser to
Windows Firewall and allowed all connections.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/33279#comment:4>
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