Couple more questions

[M]

Sorry I'm actually using the new version of GAIM which is Pidgin

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:55 AM, M <moeedsalam at gmail.com> wrote:

> I set it up through 8118 and it connected through TOR and Privoxy. Should i
> keep it this way or use SOCKS?
>
> Any replies to my other questions?
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Sven Anderson <sven at anderson.de> wrote:
>
>>
>> Am 21.08.2008 um 07:58 schrieb M:
>>
>>  Hey guys, a few more questions for the experts:
>>>
>>> 1) I noticed that the Tor-IM-Browser package uses GAIM, routed through
>>> SOCKS 5:9050. If I am using GAIM with TOR/Privoxy, should i set Gaim to use
>>> SOCKS 5:9050 or,  or HTTP 127.0.0.1:8118 and routing it through privoxy?
>>>
>>
>> No, Privoxy is an HTTP-Proxy AFAIK. GAIM uses XMPP (Jabber) as protocol,
>> so Privoxy can probably not handle it. But if GAIM is not a patched version,
>> I fear that there are many possible information leaks. For example when
>> triggering a file transfer, the real IP address might be disclosed.
>>
>>
>> Sven
>>
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>>
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