Tor proxy settings bypassed when proxy is down/broken
I'm using the latest Tor browser bundle for Linux 2.2.34-3 and I've noticed in Vidalia - Settings - Network, you check mark it, 'I use a proxy to access the internet', and place in your address, port and type, then I've had Tor by pass the proxy and get online, at times when there are proxy problems and they won't work to connect through them...
How do I know this happened? Because the message log told me the proxy wasn't able to be connected to, yet Tor still went online, by passing this and I have screen shots below to prove this...
To me the point of using the proxy is that you want or need this and Tor should not be able to just circumnavigate this and get online. If there is a problem with the proxy then Tor should be stopping and not getting online, also this should be designed to give you a popup message or some message/indication in Vidalia.
Also in the Message Log - Advanced, there is no indication, no messages about this connection occurring through the proxy when it's working correctly, it just connects with no indications about any proxy connectivity going on.
The message log is only showing me information when there's a problem, not when things are working correct and a log should be showing all activity and it's not, only when there's a problem. To me this makes me wonder, even if it seems to be working and I see no messages in the log, how do I really know without any indication? This is not good, the log is suppose to show us everything going on...
Here are two screen shots below...
This screen shot shows the connection refused yet it bootstraps and by passes the proxy settings, this should not be happening and getting online, which you see it does from the screen shot below;
Now in this screen shot below, it keeps putting information in the log saying it's refused as long as we are connected to Tor, like every few minutes you'll see messages like this fill up in the log, but we still are able to stay online;
I hope the Tor developers can get this fixed soon, this is a critical bug, by passing proxy settings and still getting online...
These are the things that need to be done;
1.If the end-user has a proxy problem and can't connect to it, Vidalia gives you a warning and Tor is stopped and doesn't go online.
- The log should show when the proxy is working correctly, you see this connectivity occurring on all levels as a log should be showing you; 'Trying to make a connection' 'connection established', connection disconnected, and so on, besides seeing problems with a connection when those occur...
THANKS
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Username: DasFox