Opened 18 months ago
Last modified 7 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.
Child Tickets
| Ticket | Status | Owner | Summary | Component |
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| #26764 | assigned | n8fr8 | HTTP proxy bug in Orbot 16.0.2-RC-1 | Applications/Orbot |
Change History (4)
comment:1 Changed 6 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 4 months ago by
| Cc: | eighthave added |
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comment:4 Changed 7 weeks ago by
polipo needs to be put back into Orbot until someone figures out how to make apps work with HTTP CONNECT rather than the full HTTP proxy that polipo provides. HTTP CONNECT creates a TCP tunnel over HTTP, so it works quite differently. curl provides --proxytunnel to use HTTP CONNECT, for example.
I propose putting polipo back in where it was, then setting up tor's built-in HTTP CONNECT proxy on a new port.
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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