On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 11:32:04AM +0800, Rip Rock wrote: > So http://torcheck.xenobite.eu/ verifies that my TOR setup really is > working, and it shows IPs and machine names that have nothing to do with my > real IP and machine name. That much is great. However, when I try surfing > to .onion URLs, I get 503 or 404 errors, along with the not-very-encouraging > message that my request "could not be fulfilled, because the domain name > *... > *could not be resolved....This is often a temporary failure, so you might > just try again."
Don't pay too much attention to privoxy's error message. It only has one error message, no matter what went wrong. :( > I'm using Vidalia/Privoxy/Firefox/Torbutton and I usually don't run a > server. And it's great for going to normal webpages but telling them some > other IP. > > I tried running a server to see if that would improve matters, but possibly > my bandwidth is too low (I'm just on a home ADSL account). > Jul 22 11:29:12:003 [Warning] Your server (...:9001) has not managed to > confirm that its ORPort is reachable. Please check your firewalls, ports, > address, /etc/hosts file, etc. > Jul 22 11:29:12:080 [Warning] Your server (...:9030) has not managed to > confirm that its DirPort is reachable. Please check your firewalls, ports, > address, /etc/hosts file, etc. > > I think the problem might be a lack of bandwidth. No, the problem is that your ports aren't reachable. > I don't believe I have a firewall problem. You should rethink this. :) > I imagine the worst-case scenario is that I'll be unable to resolve any > .onion URLs until Does http://6sxoyfb3h2nvok2d.onion/ load for you? You may have to try it several times. If not, does it fail immediately (meaning you might not have configured your Firefox correctly -- you are using Firefox and Torbutton, right?) or does it take a few minutes to fail (meaning everything's configured correctly on your side, but your network is still too slow or flaky for it to work)? --Roger
