Opened 15 months ago
Last modified 4 weeks ago
#24215 new task
Use Tor's built-in HTTP proxy instead of polipo. Remove Polipo from Orbot. Comment from other cypherpunks: current Orbot version does, but in about orbot popup it still reads polipo! but httptunnelport is bound
Reported by: | cypherpunks | Owned by: | n8fr8 |
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Priority: | Very High | Milestone: | |
Component: | Applications/Orbot | Version: | |
Severity: | Normal | Keywords: | |
Cc: | eighthave | Actual Points: | |
Parent ID: | Points: | ||
Reviewer: | Sponsor: |
Description
Tor alpha now include HTTP proxy by default. You should use it instead of polipo.
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comment:1 Changed 4 months ago by
Summary: | Use Tor's built-in HTTP proxy instead of polipo. Remove Polipo from Orbot. → Use Tor's built-in HTTP proxy instead of polipo. Remove Polipo from Orbot. Comment from other cypherpunks: current Orbot version does, but in about orbot popup it still reads polipo! but httptunnelport is bound |
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comment:2 Changed 7 weeks ago by
Cc: | eighthave added |
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Unfortunately, this does not work for connections starts with HTTP (i.e., when user type "archive.org" in browser and get redirect to HTTPS) and you'll get empty string with this error in Tor log
Nov 12 18:46:07 [removed] Tor[15935]: Saying "HTTP/1.0 405 Method Not Allowed\r\n\r\n"
See
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/27821