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Even if your application is using the correct variant of the SOCKS protocol, there is still a risk that it could be leaking DNS queries. This problem happens in Firefox extensions that resolve the destination hostname themselves, for example to show you its IP address, what country it's in, etc. If you suspect your application might behave like this, follow the instructions below to check.
TestSocks 1
to your torrc file.socks5://127.0.0.1:9050
by default).notice
for safe connections, and a warn
for connections leaking DNS requests.If you want to automatically disable all connections leaking DNS requests, set SafeSocks 1
in your torrc file.
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