I like how Tor’s SOCKS 5 proxy can be set in Mac OS X’s proxy preferences. Safari even works with Tor’s anonymous host system, letting me access URLs like http://6sxoyfb3h2nvok2d.onion/. However, Firefox and other Mozilla browsers do not seem to fare so well…
Firfox 1.0 and the nightlies of Firefox, Camino, and App Suite don’t support Tor’s hostname system. There is a pref, though:
network.proxy.socks_remote_dns = true
That setting does nothing in Firefox 1.0 and causes the nightlies of all three to treat most URLs as application/octet-stream, attempting to download them or dispaying the headers in the body.
Why does Safary support SOCKS 5 proxy hostnames? Are there any other SOCKS 5 compatible applications that also support proxy hostnames?
