Ubuntu Security :: Tor+Polipo - Vidalia Not Working?
Jun 7, 2011
I just recently installed Tor again on my new Natty install along with Vidalia. It was working initially, but for some reason it has ceased to function within the last 24 hours. When I start Tor (either from the command-line or Vidalia) and go to check.torproject.org, it says that Tor isn't running. (I don't use Torbutton with Firefox, if that makes any difference. I use FoxyProxy, but the settings look fine to me. It was working only yesterday.) I've checked the config files for Polipo and Tor, and I've checked my Vidalia settings more times than I can count. It all looks perfectly satisfactory.
I'm sure that it's not my firewall, Tor/Polipo configurations, or Vidalia settings. When I launch Tor with Vidalia and check the logs, everything works just fine and it says I'm connected. The only thing I can think of is that it might be a FoxyProxy issue or a problem with check.torproject.org, but the settings for FoxyProxy look okay and check.torproject.org hasn't malfunctioned in the past.
I've purged and reinstalled Tor, Vidalia, and Polipo and restored their config files and settings to the defaults, but still to no avail. My current malfunctioning Tor configuration is identical to my old and functional one, so far as I can tell.
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Jun 3, 2010
I am new to Fedora, not to RPM based distros (though it has been awhile) and I am not new to Linux. I like what I am seeing with Fedora, might be staying with it.
I am using Fedora 13.
I have Tor and Polipo installed. But for some reason Polipo doesn't want to work.
I did this -
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I added the config file[url] as it said in the /etc/polipo/ directory.
But on restart I get this error -
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Stopping it failed. Not sure if it is just not starting maybe? I also did this to the -
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If your SELinux config is not allowing tor or privoxy to run correctly, create a file named booleans.local in the directory /etc/selinux/targeted. Edit this file in your favorite text editor and insert "allow_ypbind=1". Restart your machine for this change to take effect.
I have tor button installed and checked Firefox Network Proxy settings when tor is running, it is set up fine and forwarding to port 8118 as it should.
I haven't configured the firewall yet in Fedora 13 yet.
What am I missing?
This is the error I am getting in Firefox with tor running
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Aug 22, 2010
Currently i am using the tutorial from Bodhi to setup Dansguardian to work togather with Privoxy and it worked fine.Then i installed Polipo to work with Privoxy which work as intented with additional forward the port to Privoxy.
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Is it possible to run Polipo together with Privoxy? Yes. In order to get the privacy enhancements of Privoxy and much (but not all) of the performance of Polipo, you should put Polipo upstream of Privoxy.
In other words, you should:
point your web browser at Privoxy (localhost:8118);
point Privoxy at Polipo (put forward / localhost:8123 in the Privoxy config file);
use no parent proxy in Polipo.
Now i tried to use Dansguardian togather with Privoxy and Dansguardian with the same configuration but fail.
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Jul 19, 2010
I just finished installing and configuring 'TOR' to work in conjunction with 'Polipo' and then I realized I forgot to install it Vidalia. Am I still able to install vidalia so I am able to access the GUI to get a visual on what is going on? Or will it interfere with the TOR/Polipo team?
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Jun 2, 2010
Can't configure out how to configure itQuote:
Jun 01 23:18:15.605 [Notice] Tor v0.2.1.26. This is experimental software. Do not rely on it for strong anonymity. (Running on Linux i686)
Jun 01 23:18:15.605 [Notice] Initialized libevent version 1.4.13-stable using method epoll. Good.
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Nov 9, 2010
openSUSE 11.3 on T42 trying to use Tor (0.2.1.26-2) with polipo (1.0.4.1) with Firefox 3.6.12 and Torbutton 1.2.5
First time I tried to run it I had to restart polipo as root, having copied the config file from the tor project site but then all worked as hoped. I could toggle tor on and off with tor button and all was well. The tor test functioned and reported tor was working.
Today alas not so. I received error message to check polipo was running. It wasn't so I enabled it in system services and rebooted. Now polipo is running but when I try and use firefox for example to go to google, with torbutton enabled I get error message:- 504 Connect to Google failed: Connection refused.
I noted from other threads here that most people seem to use privoxy rather than polipo. Any reason for that? Is one better than the other?
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Aug 16, 2011
I recently installed ubuntu 11.04(64-bit) and have been using it for a little less than a week now(absolutely love it). I've been trying to install all the basic programs I need, and up until now, with no problem.
I've had trouble getting vidalia to work properly. Whenever I start vidalia, both the tor and vidalia processes show up. The GUI for vidalia does not. A temporary solution I found was to login as root and run it like that, but I take it that isn't the greatest idea.
I've reinstalled multiple times, both from source, building deb packages, and the tor repository.
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Jun 11, 2010
Problem with FC13 on a 64 bit box...tried to get Tor and Polipo going and at boot, the system hangs as soon as Polipo starts up. I need to adjust or delete the Polipo service but can't seem to get to any kind of a terminal either...it used to be just hit ctl-alt-and and F key and it dropped to a term. Now that's not happening. Can I do that? And...alternatively, can I force a skip of the Polipo service as it's booting?
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Dec 22, 2010
I want to use Vidalia to manage a TOR relay. My /etc/default/tor file references another file /etc/default/tor.vidalia. It's supposed to help manage the TOR daemon. For whatever reason, I don't have a file called /etc/default/tor.vidalia.
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Oct 17, 2010
I just installed TOR but get an error that it has ended unexpectedly when I open Vidalia. The log has the following:
Oct 17 18:42:09.770 [Notice] Tor v0.2.2.17-alpha (git-d30d4eb843f12e65). This is experimental software. Do not rely on it for strong anonymity. (Running on Linux i686)
Oct 17 18:42:09.771 [Notice] Initialized libevent version 1.4.13-stable using method epoll. Good.
Oct 17 18:42:09.771 [Notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
Oct 17 18:42:09.771 [Warning] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9050: Address already in use. Is Tor already running?
Oct 17 18:42:09.771 [Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to bind one of the listener ports.
Oct 17 18:42:09.771 [Error] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
I'm running Ubuntu 10.10.
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Jul 9, 2011
I've downloaded Vidalia, but instead of No Configuration, I chose One-Time Restart, and now whenever I try to open TOR, it says that it is already running. I've rebooted already, but that didn't help at all. I would like to start using TOR as an experiment and to remain anonymous. Sure, there's HideMyAss! add-on for Google Chrome, but I just want to try it all out. Can someone help me?
This is what it says
"Vidalia detected that the Tor software exited unexpectedly.
Please check the message log for recent warning or error messages." code...
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Nov 25, 2009
I installed polipo and polipo working perfectly, but it won't startup when I bootup the system. To start polipo correctly, root privilige is needed. I remember that in Ubuntu polipo starts with the system after installation. What should I do to make polipo start during the bootup process?
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Feb 5, 2010
Everytime I shutdown/restart my computer without properly turning off the Tor network and get the following message from Vidalia:
"Vidalia detected that the Tor software exited unexpectedly"
The only way I can get Vidalia to work again is to reinstall Vidalia.
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Mar 3, 2011
Vidalia control panel has no check box for "show this window on startup". Is there a way using linux commands to stop it from popping up or would I need to change something else?
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Aug 28, 2010
When I was using polipo on Ubuntu, it automatically start at system boot.
Now I'm using opensuse, I installed polipo from the repository, however, I have to manually start it by using "sudo polipo". If root privilege is not given, polipo won't work correctly.
What should I do to make it start at boot automatically?
a friend told me to creat /etc/boot.local, with code...
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May 6, 2010
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Ubuntu: 9.10
internet browser: Chromium
tor tool: Vidalia 0.2.6
I can see that Vidalia is working fine. It shows the status
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Connected to the Tor network!
how to let my browser Chromium bypass the blocks and reach some websites using "tor" based on Vidalia?
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see many threads / websites about how to configure iptables. They say if you use these
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#! /bin/bash
iptables -P INPUT DROP
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Oct 9, 2010
So I activated the Firefox profile:
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And restarted Firefox (even rebooted), but it doesn't seem to be working. When I open Firefox I am able to perform a "Save Page As" in locations I shouldn't be able to, like my Desktop or Pictures folder.
The following command says the Firefox process is in enforce mode:
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Of the following lines, the only directory which is "rw" is /Downloads, why am I still able to write to other places?
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OS: Ubuntu 10.10
Can someone with an active Firefox profile do this simple test for me? Click File -> Save As and try to save somewhere the Apparmor profile shouldn't let you, and let me know the results.
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Nov 13, 2010
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Running Enigmail version 1.1.2 (20100630-0917)
Warning: Enigmime module not available
ERROR: Failed to access Enigmime service!
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sudo apt-get install apparmor-profiles
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# Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux.
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$ ssh -p nnnnn Desktop
ssh: connect to host Desktop port nnnnn: Connection refused
No messages are generated in any of the logs on Desktop!
$ /usr/sbin/sshd -T
port nnnnn
protocol 2
addressfamily any
listenaddress 0.0.0.0:12023
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