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	pH5	2010-03-01 , 18:24
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Originally Posted by danielpublic

Question: Does it handle IM (jabber/icq/that msn stuff) traffic?

See bugs #718, #960. I guess it won't work for ICQ/MSN then either. The alternative to implementing SOCKS proxy support in all protocols would be to proxy transparently via NAT. But you need a kernel with NAT support (take for example this discussion as a starting point).

Originally Posted by mail_e36

I am wondering if I would be able to tunnel SSH through Tor using this application. It does look like there is a service running locally on port 8118. A user may be able to use a SOCKS-enabled application to tunnel its traffic through Tor?

Polipo is listening on port 8118. It forwards requests to the Tor SOCKS proxy, that is listening on port 9050.
I'm not sure, can ssh connect to a proxy directly? Otherwise you'd have to use the ssh ProxyCommand config option and a tool like socat, netcat or connect-proxy.

Originally Posted by mail_e36

Also, what is this new "Bridge Relays" function available in the Tor application?

They are relays that are not listed in the main Tor directory and thus can't be blocked (as effectively) by your ISP. Check out http://www.torproject.org/bridges.html for more information.

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