GNU bug report logs - #35728
Tor & IceCat's TorButton shows it's connected but doesn't route the traffic

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Package: guix;

Reported by: sirmacik <sirmacik <at> wioo.waw.pl>

Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 13:20:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>

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From: sirmacik <sirmacik <at> wioo.waw.pl>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Tor & IceCat's TorButton shows it's connected but doesn't route the
 traffic
Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 15:19:31 +0200
Hey Guix!

There seems to be a problem with Tor and TorButton in GNU IceCat's
package. Torsocks works for other apps, TorButton shows notification
that it's connected to the Tor server but when I go to
check.torproject.org I'm not routed through tor.

This problem doesn't appear in Archlinux or GNU/Debian so it seems
that bug is Guix related.

--
sirmacik
PGP: 0xE0DC81D523891771




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From: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>
To: 35728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35728: Tor & IceCat's TorButton shows it's connected but
 doesn't route the traffic
Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 17:01:13 +0200
On 2019-05-14 15:19, sirmacik wrote:
> Hey Guix!
> 
> There seems to be a problem with Tor and TorButton in GNU IceCat's
> package. Torsocks works for other apps, TorButton shows notification
> that it's connected to the Tor server but when I go to
> check.torproject.org I'm not routed through tor.
> 
> This problem doesn't appear in Archlinux or GNU/Debian so it seems
> that bug is Guix related.

Could you please post the output of "guix describe" and your config.scm?

-- 
Cheers
Swedebugia




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From: sirmacik <sirmacik <at> wioo.waw.pl>
To: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>
Cc: 35728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35728: Tor & IceCat's TorButton shows it's connected but
 doesn't route the traffic
Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 17:17:02 +0200
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
swedebugia dixit (2019-05-14, 17:01):

> On 2019-05-14 15:19, sirmacik wrote:
> > Hey Guix!
> >
> > There seems to be a problem with Tor and TorButton in GNU IceCat's
> > package. Torsocks works for other apps, TorButton shows notification
> > that it's connected to the Tor server but when I go to
> > check.torproject.org I'm not routed through tor.
> >
> > This problem doesn't appear in Archlinux or GNU/Debian so it seems
> > that bug is Guix related.
>
> Could you please post the output of "guix describe" and your config.scm?

here is guix describe output:

$ guix describe
Generation 14   maj 14 2019 15:28:04    (current)
  guix 1731b29
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    branch: master
    commit: 1731b29742bb2abb24fb0000ea00b3f35b5133bc

You can find config attached to this message.

--
sirmacik
PGP: 0xE0DC81D523891771
[config.scm (text/plain, attachment)]

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Message #14 received at 35728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
To: sirmacik <sirmacik <at> wioo.waw.pl>
Cc: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>, Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>,
 guix-devel <at> gnu.org, 35728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35728: Tor & IceCat's TorButton shows it's connected but
 doesn't route the traffic
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 08:09:30 +0200
I can confirm this issue and I've been experiencing it for almost a
year.
It used to work.

This is very embarrassing since our IceCat is misleading the users that
they are browsing anonymously while they are not.

Mark, any idea about this?

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/




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Message #17 received at 35728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: sirmacik <sirmacik <at> wioo.waw.pl>
Cc: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>, guix-devel <at> gnu.org,
 Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>, 35728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35728: Tor & IceCat's TorButton shows it's connected but
 doesn't route the traffic
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 03:40:12 -0400
Hi,

sirmacik <sirmacik <at> wioo.waw.pl> wrote:
> There seems to be a problem with Tor and TorButton in GNU IceCat's
> package. Torsocks works for other apps, TorButton shows notification
> that it's connected to the Tor server but when I go to
> check.torproject.org I'm not routed through tor.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention.  I see the same problem.

> This problem doesn't appear in Archlinux or GNU/Debian so it seems
> that bug is Guix related.

Interesting.  Which version of Debian did you test with, and how did you
install the Firefox that you used for testing this?

I found this same problem with Firefox ESR 68.9 running on a stock
Debian 9 (stretch, a.k.a. oldstable) system, using Debian's
'firefox-esr' package, after installing the extension via
addons.mozilla.org, specifically version 0.1.8 of the "Onion Browser
Button by Benthum", available here:

  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tortm-browser-button/

Moreover, I found that even if Tor is not running at all, and nothing is
listening on port 9050, the extension still reports that it's "checking
tor proxy connection..." and then "TOR is running.  Connected to
127.0.0.1:9050", which is false on both counts.  I filed a bug report
upstream.

I've removed this extension from Guix's IceCat package for now, pending
further investigation, commit 416439263cb295260ba38ab1cce5b4468ae5691e.

     Thanks,
       Mark




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Message #20 received at 35728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: sirmacik <sirmacik <at> wioo.waw.pl>
Cc: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>, guix-devel <at> gnu.org,
 Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>, 35728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35728: Tor & IceCat's TorButton shows it's connected but
 doesn't route the traffic
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 03:45:49 -0400
Hello again.

In my previous message, I asked:
> Which version of Debian did you test with, and how did you
> install the Firefox that you used for testing this?

Also, what version of Firefox did you test with?

    Thanks,
      Mark




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Message #23 received at 35728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: sirmacik <sirmacik <at> wioo.waw.pl>
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Cc: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>, guix-devel <at> gnu.org,
 Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>, 35728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35728: Tor & IceCat's TorButton shows it's connected but
 doesn't route the traffic
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 19:02:42 +0200
Mark H Weaver dixit (2020-06-18, 03:45):

> Hello again.
> 
> In my previous message, I asked:
> > Which version of Debian did you test with, and how did you
> > install the Firefox that you used for testing this?
> 
> Also, what version of Firefox did you test with?

Mark,
That was more than a year ago, I cannot recall. I'm also not using Debian
anymore so I cannot check it. 

Best regards,
Marcin




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Message #26 received at 35728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Msavoritias <marinus.savoritias <at> disroot.org>
To: 35728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Tor
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 16:37:20 +0200
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Since Tor Button is removed from latest Icecat I propose we close this 
issue.

Marinus

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bug closed, send any further explanations to 35728 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and sirmacik <sirmacik <at> wioo.waw.pl> Request was from Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 25 Jun 2020 15:00:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 24 Jul 2020 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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