Bug #8195
orfox partly bypasses torbot
| Status: | New | Start date: | 02/22/2017 | |
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| Priority: | Normal | Due date: | ||
| Assignee: | - | % Done: | 0% | |
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Description
I would expect Orfox to connect to the internet only via orbot. So I blocked direct internet access with AFWall+. But the firewall logs show Orfox tries to connect to [TCP]52.39.194.231:443 and [TCP]52.11.187.186:443. The timestamps are scattered all over the day.
Either this is legitimate -- then it should be documented, including firewall whitelist recommendations and consequences for blocking the traffic. Or it is potentially a privacy breach.
The attached logcat coincide with one such connection attempt and may or may not be relevant.
Software: latest Orfox from Fdroid, Android 6.0.1 Slimrom.
2017-02-23-00-00-27orfoxbypass.txt 
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