Annoying loop situation

[Scott Bennett]

     On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:27:22 +0100 Bob Williams
<security at barrowhillfarm.org.uk> wrote:
>On Saturday 22 August 2009 10:33:01 downie - wrote:
>> From: security at barrowhillfarm.org.uk
>>
>> > [superfluous headers deleted  --SB]
>> > On Friday 21 August 2009 23:07:22 downie - wrote:
>> > > > > On 08/21/2009 10:52 AM, Bob Williams wrote:
>> > > > > > I have both privoxy and torbutton installed. When I setup
>> > > > > > Firefox's proxy settings to use http and ssl through 127.0.0.1
>> > > > > > port 8118 and SOCKS host 127.0.0.1 port 9050, torbutton enables
>> > > > > > itself. If I then disable torbutton (I'm only really interested
>> > > > > > in running a tor relay) the Firefox settings revert to 'No
>> > > > > > proxy'.
>> > > >
>> > > > --
>> > > > Bob
>> > >
>> > >  Isn't there the additional complication that if you want to use
>> > > Privoxy without Tor, you have to change the Privoxy config file as
>> > > well? I don't think Torbutton can do that for you.
>> >
>> > In what way?
>>
>> [edit]
>>
>> > forward-socks4a	/	127.0.0.1:9050	.
>> > forward-socks5	/	127.0.0.1:9050	.
>>
>> As I understand it (Library/Privoxy/user-manual/config.html Section 7.5.2)
>> those lines forward all requests from Privoxy through Tor: if you want
>> Privoxy filtering without using Tor in client mode, you have to comment
>> those lines out. Then if at some point you *do* want to use Tor in client
>> mode (still with Privoxy), you have to reinstate them. Wiser heads may need
>> to confirm this...
>> GD
>>
>That makes sense. It may be that I'll have to settle for not using privoxy for 
>my normal browsing. My main 'tor' aim is to provide a relay. If I browse with 
>torbutton enabled, I get funny results for Google searches, in languages that 
>depend on the location of the exit node ;)
>
     You could run two instances of privoxy if you like, each with its own,
separate configuration file, one of which forwards everything to tor's SOCKS
port and the other of which does not.  Then use switchproxy or foxyproxy or
some other similar plug-in to switch between the two instances of privoxy.


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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