Nice find! Thanks for reporting it.
On 10/25/07, Nick 'Zaf' Clifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey ya, > > Just noticed one small problem with Tor + Firefox + IPv6. > I'm aware that Tor doesn't yet support IPv6, but I found an interesting > development with respect to a system that has IPv6 configured and working. > > If you are using Tor (and have Firefox configured to use the HTTP > proxy), Firefox will not use the proxy for IPv6 traffic. This means that > if you visit a website using Tor, and it has a img, href, etc to a ipv6 > hostname, Firefox will happily connect with your native IPv6 connection > (bypassing Tor). > > The work around for this is to disable Ipv6 (about:config, > network.dns.disableIPv6 = true) > > I guess this is a bug with Firefox rather than Tor, but it should be > noted in a wiki somewhere, as IPv6 is becoming more and more prevalent > and networks are becoming connected. It is of great concern for those in > China, where IPv6 is being rolled out at a great rate of knots. > > Nick > > > > >
