How to access local HTTP service from Tor Browser?

Error handling. A lot can go wrong.

  • Failure to enable browser local connections.
  • Failure to disable browser local connections.
  • Thinking local connections were disabled but that actually broke (due to upstream changes perhaps).
  • HTTP server fails to start, access fail, not installed, missing libraries.
  • uBO file download files.

So some sort of automated test is advisable for this complex stuff to confirm that filter lists were updated indeed.

Oh, you mean as a principle - sure.

BTW, I notice all home dir files and dirs have the same timestamp (2000-01-01 00:00:00). I suppose you do that to reduce the possibility of fingerprinting but I also notice that it applies only to atime (not to ctime and mtime). Might be something you would like to have a look at.

I can apply the same timestamp to the files my scripts add (e.g. touch -r ...). Could you just tell which file is safe to use as a reference (or how do you do this?) I tried to find something in the source code but without success.

1 Like

You might want to avoid using /tmp folder for executables (if you are doing that, only had a very quick look) as this might one day be no longer possible by default as per Enhanced Security via Mount Options and Compiler Restrictions. Folder /usr/bin would be more suitable.

1 Like