Re: [Fwd: Re: dnsUseGethostbyname with Tor - strange settings?]

> I understand that this discussion is becoming irritating to you (and 
> perhaps to others) but I ask for a reason.

Sorry if I was rude, but you appear not to be listening to what I'm
saying -- I've already answered your question:

  http://mid.gmane.org/[email protected]

Twice:

  http://mid.gmane.org/[email protected]

So please let me answer it a third time:

  * if socksParentProxy is set, the DNS is not used for resolving the
    addresses of web servers; there is none of what the tor community
    calls "DNS leakage";
  
  * however, the DNS is used for resolving the value of socksParentProxy
    itself; hence, if you're truly paranoid, you might want to set it to
    a dotted quad address.

> socksParentProxy = "localhost:9050"

The name "localhost" is special-cased in Polipo's DNS code, so the
latter point does not apply to this particular name.

                                        Juliusz

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