On 14-07-29 07:51 PM, ideas buenas wrote: > Do you mean TBB over a VPN? No, but if i did mean that, polipo would be even less relevant.
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 9:01 PM, krishna e bera <k...@cyblings.on.ca> wrote: > >> On 14-07-29 04:44 PM, cav78 wrote: >>> I would like to know if it's necessary to >>> install or configure a web proxy (privoxy or polipo) with Tor Browser >>> Bundle 3.6.3 in order to have more privacy or to prevent Dns leaks. >>> Orbot >>> (a software for Android) includes Polipo, but I don't see it in Tor >>> Browser. Is it really important or we can do without it? Sorry for my >>> english if it's not so perfect. Bye. >> >> Polipo was removed a long time ago because it is no longer needed. See: >> https://blog.torproject.org/blog/new-tor-browser-bundle-packages-0 >> >> Privoxy performed the same functions so it also isnt needed. >> >> The FAQ item explaining this was removed as well, but a dangling >> reference to it remained behind: >> >> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorFAQ#WhydoweneedPolipoorPrivoxywithTorWhichisbetter >> >> Polipo is still mentioned in the "new" FAQ (even in association with >> Mozilla) which could lead to confusion. -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
