"Doctor Who" <doctorwho@his.surgery> wrote in message
news:r8q1i3pjq2r30jsnh8a600hc0mc3td5set@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:33:08 -0700, Joan Battaglia
> <joanmaxwell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:21:21 GMT, Joan Battaglia wrote:
>>> I tested the setup; it failed:
>>> http://torcheck.xenobite.eu/
>>> Am I close? Why, after following all instructions, did Tor fail me?
>>For debug, I installed the torbutton extension into windows netscape
>>9.0.0.1 and when I tested it at http://torcheck.xenobite.eu/ it said
>>Your IP is identified to be a Tor-EXIT.
>>So you are using Tor successfully to reach the web!
>>Why would firefox 2.0.0.8 be stopping Tor from working properly?
> A good question, Joan.
> Do you see a green "Tor Enabled" at bottom right of the Firefox
> screen?
> This is the Torbutton. This is optional. You can still use Tor by
> dafault
> without the Torbutton.
> I was using an earlier version of Firefox and when I saw you mention
> 2.0.0.
> I upgraded mine. I thought maybe it was a bug in the new release.
> Actually
> the latest is 2.0.0.7 and it still works fine for me. Check your
> network config
> Firefox by going > Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Settings:-
> You should have Manual Configuration checked.
> Http Proxy > Localhost Port: 8118
> SSL Proxy > Localhost Port: 8118
> FTP Proxy > blank line Port: 0
> Gopher Proxy > blank line Port: 0
> Socks Host > Localhost Port: 9050
> No Proxy for > localhost, 127.0.0.1
> Also (most importantly) go > Tools > Options > Content and uncheck
> both
> Enable Javascript and Enable Java. However, these options will not
> affect
> the Torcheck site as far as anonymity is concerned, but will affect
> your
> anonymity with some other sites.
> Other than the above I am at a loss. Obviously the easy answer is to
> use
> Netscape 9.0.0.1.

Maybe this will explain the Firefox 2.0.0.8(latest version) problem...
Firefox 2.0.0.8 update to be updated:
http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews...-to-be-updated

-jen