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This tutorial is missing a crucial piece of information. Firefox: Go to about:config, set network.proxy.socks_remote_dns to true. Otherwise you'll be leaking
by codexon 16y ago
This tutorial is missing a crucial piece of information.
Firefox: Go to about:config, set network.proxy.socks_remote_dns to true.
Otherwise you'll be leaking out information on which domains you are visiting.
- jmreid 16y agoI believe that reverse DNS still leaks even if this is set in Firefox. As long as DNS isn't blocked on the network you're on, you could change to a more neutral DNS provider (4.2.2.1 or Google)
- codexon 16y agoI don't believe so. I checked with wireshark. And there's no point in using another DNS provider if your network is compromised since they can see your requests in plaintext.
- cpswan 16y agoPerhaps I should have made it clearer that the purpose of using a proxy in the way I illustrated was to access geographically restricted sites (such as the Amazon.com Kindle store) rather than for security/anonymity (which as you point out needs further consideration around side channel leakage etc.)