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toasty_ghosty

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Tor + Polipo = issues

Hello

I've used Tor and Polipo many many times before..for some reason it doesn't seem to want to work now on this Arch install..

If looked at the Wiki and still nothing.

After a restart Polipo doesn't start. I'm out of ideas.

Thanks,

Toasty

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Stebalien

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Re: Tor + Polipo = issues

more info.
(errors, logs, configuration, etc.)

Last edited by Stebalien (2011-05-10 17:29:30)

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toasty_ghosty

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Re: Tor + Polipo = issues

I was at work..sorry for the lack of info..
But Ill reinstall just to make sure everything is good there..

# pacman -S tor polipo
warning: tor-0.2.1.30-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: polipo-1.0.4.1-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (2): tor-0.2.1.30-1 [0.97 MB]  polipo-1.0.4.1-1 [0.15 MB]

Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
Total Installed Size:   5.38 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
(2/2) checking package integrity                   [-----------------------] 100%
(2/2) checking for file conflicts                  [-----------------------] 100%
(1/2) upgrading tor                                [-----------------------] 100%
-> You can now set custom file descriptor ulimits for Tor in
-> "/etc/conf.d/tor" using the "TOR_MAX_FD" variable.
(2/2) upgrading polipo                             [-----------------------] 100%
You should create a config-file now, an example is located in /etc/polipo/.
If you don't create a config-file, polipo will use its defaults.

So I then make the Polipo config-file and then start both daemons. At this point I use Torbutton in Firefox and go to the "Am I using Tor" site. It goes to load the page and never does..it just shows Connecting on the Firefox Tab. It appears as if I will time out but never do. If I try in Chromium at the same site it says I am not using Tor. The issue I'm having is I never get ANY errors or the like besides the problems in both browsers so its hard to tell what is really wrong..

Hope all this helps..

Last edited by toasty_ghosty (2011-05-11 17:53:40)

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Lars Stokholm

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Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 223

Re: Tor + Polipo = issues

Is there anything in /var/log/messages.log?

MrMars

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Registered: 2011-05-06

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Re: Tor + Polipo = issues

always used tor + privoxy.

what's different in polipo?

chr0nik

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From: Michigan, USA

Registered: 2011-03-13

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Re: Tor + Polipo = issues

When you say you made the polipo-config file, what did you do? Did you just copy the example config as described on the polipo wiki page? Is your browser set to use a proxy, namely localhost:8123? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Polipo#Browser

Also the wiki indicates you need to make a modification to the polipo config for it to work with Tor. Have you done this? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Polipo#Tor

toasty_ghosty

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Re: Tor + Polipo = issues

In /var/log/messages.log: May 11 10:59:53 localhost Tor[21169]: Tried for 120 seconds to get a connection to [scrubbed]:443. Giving up. (waiting for circuit)

Ive looked at all config files and browser settings and everything is directed to localhost and port 8123 as it should be with Polipo..I believe this may be an issue with Tor though. It doesn't appear to be making a circuit like it should.

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chr0nik

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Re: Tor + Polipo = issues

Well not "everything" needs to be pointed at localhost:8123. Polipo's config needs to be modified to point to Tor. I use polipo but not Tor so I can't really help much outside of a google search. The only thing I've found multiple instances of causing this failure to establish a circuit is an incorrectly set system clock (outside of other obvious issues like blocked outbound ports.) Maybe something here will help: https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#DoesntWork

toasty_ghosty

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Re: Tor + Polipo = issues

Some good news...my system clock was off somehow..fixed that and now I get a 100% Tor circuit:

May 12 11:37:27 localhost Tor[4852]: Tor has successfully opened a circuit. Looks like client functionality is working.

So Tor is working however I still cannot actually use it..

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Lars Stokholm

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Registered: 2009-03-17

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Re: Tor + Polipo = issues

Try using this config for Polipo. Then navigate to https://torcheck.xenobite.eu/. What does it say?

Else, try this:

[lars@x201 ~]$ sudo netstat -pntl
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name   
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:6600          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      3588/mpd            
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:8118          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      1330/polipo         
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:9050          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      1348/tor

chr0nik

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Re: Tor + Polipo = issues

Paste the output from this command please:

sudo polipo -v |grep socks

You can ignore this post if you're replacing your polipo config with the one Lars suggests.

Last edited by chr0nik (2011-05-12 17:16:34)