[tor-talk] TorBirdy seems to connect to the same exit node again and again

l.m ter.one.leeboi at hush.com
Sat Apr 25 17:48:22 UTC 2015


Hi Sophie,

>Options b) and c) would be very luxurious, but option a) really 
>solved my problem, and seems quite important for those who 
>come from a different background.

There's a strong correlation between the perceived usefulness to
end-users and their support for a FOSS project :) A simple warning is
easy enough.

>Other things that come to mind:
>"Test proxy settings" could be somewhere more prominent, 
>for users like me :) I am the kind of person that does not
>disable the warning message that pops up when clicking on 
>the TorBirdy preferences.
>
>I am -manually- logging what exit ports TorBirdy uses, out of 
>curiosity.
>I will keep you posted in case something weird happens again.

I was wondering if that was going to come up. The ip check hidden
behind a warning dialog hinders obtaining useful data. I'll keep that
in mind. Logging information on success and failure to use an exit
would be a useful for debugging (and finding problematic exits).
Thanks for the input.

--leeroy


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