[tor-talk] tor http proxy

[David H. Lipman]

From: <andrew at torproject.org>

> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 12:59:58AM -0400, arma at mit.edu wrote 1.0K bytes in 24 lines about:
> : (Using only a plain http proxy means you only proxy your unencrypted
> : directory fetches, which isn't very useful, especially now that Tor
> : tunnels its directory fetches over the TLS (https) connection by default.)
>
> The HTTP option is still in vidalia. Nothing explains why it is there.
> Perhaps we should remove it? Is there any valid reason to leave HTTP
> only proxy options in Vidalia?
>
> If not, I'll open a ticket to remove HTTP only option from Vidalia.
>

Remove it.  ;-)



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Dave
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