[tor-talk] Tor SOCKS?

[Matthew Finkel]

On 10/05/2012 03:31 PM, antispam06 at sent.at wrote:
> I have in a folder on a 64bit Linux distro the TBB. I read the Vidalia
> bundle has been discontinued. So I jumped at using this configuration.
> I have read that the socks 5 proxy is on 127.0.0.1:9050. So I tried
> pushing through it a jabber.org connection (XMPP) with Pidgin. Pidgin
> even lists Socks 4, Socks 5 and a Tor/Privacy (Socks). Yet, the
> connection fails with either option.
> 
> Am I doing something wrong? TorBrowser is up and works through Tor.
> Vidalia is up and running.

Depending on the version of TBB you have, Tor will randomly select the
SOCKS5 port it listens on. I don't know of official documentation off
hand, but I know there are a couple ways to find it. It is specified in
Data/Tor/port.conf within the extracted directory (on my computer it is
tor-browser_en-US). Or you can also retrieve it within the Tor Browser
by checking the proxy settings: Edit->Preferences, in the Advanced menu,
select the Network tab, click Settings in the Connection section, and
the port is stated for the SOCKS port.

I hope this helps.
> 
> Second question: why does Pidgin make a difference between Socks 5 and
> Tor/Privacy? Socks 5 comes as an improvement over Socks 4 as it can
> route DNS requests as well. So Socks 4 leaks DNS, Socks 5 shouldn't as
> long as it is well configured. Than what's the difference?
> 
This looks like it should explain it:
https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/11110

tldr; There were still leaks for various reasons (some "unavoidable")
but the Tor proxy option is a separate implementation.

> Cheers!
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