On 22/12/10 13:38, Praedor Atrebates wrote:
I have always been disturbed by the fact that javascript or flash can sidestep
tor and give away your real IP.
Are you sure that JavaScript can give away your IP? Flash can - but my
understanding is that JavaScript cannot.
As another poster noted though: JS is great for providing browser and
system information such as the local time zone.
Is there truly no way to control one's own computer so that any and ALL traffic
that goes out to the ethernet port or wlan gets directed through tor no matter
what? Can any combination of software and hardware prevent software on one's
own computer from acting the way someone else wants rather than as the owner
wants? I would love to be able to use javascript and flash (some site require
one or the other or both to be functional) and know that ANY traffic that exits
my own system WILL be directed through the tor network.
Three suggestions:
a) Use Tor with TorButton and NoScript which will deal with your Flash /
JavaScript issues. It is impractical to turn JavaScript off and a few
sites like YouTube demand Flash.
b) Make sure you wipe your cache and your Flash Cookies. Are you using
Windows or Linux? For Ubuntu you need to wipe the .adobe and .macromedia
folders.
c) Why not use Tor with a commercial VPN. The VPN (providing it does DNS
resolution) will route all traffic and then you can use specific
applications like Firefox or Pidgin to work with Tor.
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