How to secure Firefox traffic (+DNS) through SOCKS proxy under Ubuntu 10.04?
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I'm using Ubuntu 10.04, and starting a SOCKS proxy with 'ssh -D', and setting Ubuntu to use it with "System -> Preferences -> Network Proxy". Firefox uses the proxy, and the proxy's IP appears when I visit a site like http://www.whatismyip.com/. My question is, is Firefox resolving DNS requests thr…
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Firefox has an setting that controls whether or not DNS gets routed through your proxy. It's off by default. I forget the setting name, but if you use the filter, it should not be hard to find.
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