I keep getting a 404 when I use proxo, privoxy and tor. [Archive]

notageek

December 28th, 2005, 07:38 PM

Not on dialup. I have DSL and never had this problem until now. I'm going to assume that maybe it's the IP address that's being used at the time. What it does is it sometimes work and it sometimes don't. Do you know anything about firefox's Switch Proxy plugin? I want to set that up to use but also still use Proxo.

ronjor

December 28th, 2005, 08:07 PM

I used the Switch Proxy extension strictly to turn Proxomitron on or off. It seems to work well. I didn't explore the other options.

notageek

December 28th, 2005, 08:29 PM

When I click on the switch proxy extention, it switchs the connection settings in firefox. How do I get this to work with proxo?

ronjor

December 28th, 2005, 08:53 PM

Best I can do. Switch Proxy (http://www.roundtwo.com/node/130)

torguy

December 28th, 2005, 11:49 PM

{QUOTE-> Yes, I did. I set it up that way, but for some reason I can't get webpages to load. I have to click refresh like 10 times before they load and sometimes I have to untick the enable proxy in proxo becuase it seems like the webpage don't want to load. <-QUOTE}

Did your setup EVER work?

notageek

December 29th, 2005, 12:17 AM

Thanks, I'll look around and see if there's a fix for letting proxo and switchproxy to work together.

Yes my set up worked (sometimes works now). I get a 404 most of the time. It's annoying having to click refresh all the time for a page to load.

ronjor

December 29th, 2005, 08:18 AM

I suppose you remember your older thread (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?p=509986#post509986) on this subject. :D By the way, I was using Quick Proxy. It simply turns Proxomitron on or off from the status bar.

notageek

December 29th, 2005, 11:24 AM

My old thread was about setting up proxo, hence the title being called "Setting up proxo, privoxy and tor?". privoxy and tor. This thread is about how do I stop getting the 404- no such domain page when I try to go to webpages. I'm not trying to be rude, but both topics are different. I already set it the why Kye-U stated and it worked fin but for some odd reason I get 404-no such domain pages every 5 minutes when I try to go to other pages of forums or websites. I have to refresh like 10 or so times (sometime more) to get the page to show. Like I said before, I think maybe it is from the proxy address that tor,provoxy and proxo changes to. From my understanding, that set up changes the proxy address every few minutes (not sure on how many minutes).

ronjor

December 29th, 2005, 11:29 AM

{QUOTE-> but both topics are different. <-QUOTE}

I was just curious why it quite working as it had been working before.

notageek

December 29th, 2005, 11:37 AM

I don't know. I went back through the set up again and re-set it up again to make sure it was right. The problem is that I get a 404 most of the time and the other time I get the webpages. Maybe it's bad proxy address that the set is getting. I added a screenshot of the 404 I get. I tried with Mozilla and still get the 404.

Does anyone else get a 404- no such domain sometimes?

notageek

December 29th, 2005, 02:48 PM

OK, I been testing this all day (day off) and I tried testing in proxo and I get
"New Message Log Window....

Testing 127.0.0.1:8118
Waiting for remote proxy's reply
Proxy test Failed!
>HTTP/1.0 404 No such domain
Ending proxy test"

Any ideas?

devilish

December 30th, 2005, 06:48 AM

{QUOTE-> I already set it the why Kye-U stated and it worked fin but for some odd reason I get 404-no such domain pages every 5 minutes when I try to go to other pages of forums or websites. I have to refresh like 10 or so times (sometime more) to get the page to show. Like I said before, I think maybe it is from the proxy address that tor,provoxy and proxo changes to. From my understanding, that set up changes the proxy address every few minutes (not sure on how many minutes). <-QUOTE}

I doubt it.

notageek

December 30th, 2005, 12:00 PM

You doubt what? If you're doubting the chaning of the proxy address, well I can tell you it does. I went to a site to check my ip address when it was working and it was a different number adn wehn I went back a about 1 our later it was a different number. If you're doubting that I have it set up the way Kye-U posted, well I do. I can post some screenies of the set up to make 100% sure that it's set up the way Kye-U suggested.

I was told by Kye-U over at his forum that it was a problem with privoxy. I unintsalled privoxy and reinstalled it and still have the same problem.

devilish

December 30th, 2005, 12:36 PM

{QUOTE-> You doubt what? If you're doubting the chaning of the proxy address, well I can tell you it does <-QUOTE}

Of course, I know it changes. I'm not a geek doesn't mean I'm stupid. And no I don't think u got the instructions wrong, because if you did, it wouldn;t work at all :)

I'm doubting that it's any specific Tor server that is causing you problems (not by itself anyway). Not impossible but not very likely either.

I had Tor servers that die on me after a while, but the extent you are describing (most of the time) seems too common to be due to that. Or perhaps you are just unlucky?

I don't suppose you have some sort of comprehensive ip blocking list (whether as a firewall or browser related app) that might be causing the problem?

What is your security setup btw?

Here's an idea, try Tor with firefox only, and see if you have the same problems. See if we can rule out the thesis that it is proxo or privoxy at fault.

notageek

December 30th, 2005, 12:48 PM

It don't work in firefox, opera or internet explorer. I don't have any IP blocking app at all. The security apps I have running is MSAS, McAfee AV 7.0, Zone Alarm 6.0 pro, Trojan hunter, Process Guard, and sometimes I run Winpatrol. Thats it. Nothing that I didn't run when it worked. I also run Proxo, tor and privoxy. Tor works with firefox alone.

devilish

December 30th, 2005, 01:06 PM

{QUOTE-> It don't work in firefox, opera or internet explorer.
I don't have any IP blocking app at all. I also run Proxo, tor and privoxy. Tor works with firefox alone. <-QUOTE}

Er. I'm confused , above you say it doesn't work in firefox, opera or IE. Then you say it works with firefox alone?

Just to confirm if you use Tor and firefox without proxomitron or privoxy, there is no trouble?

Okay so it's a problem due to either proxomitron or privoxy. Maybe some problem with loopback caused by all this chaining.... My bet is some other program might be interfering (transaprent proxing?), slowing it down hence causing random timeouts.

I won't comment on your setups of proxo or privoxy, because you might be using something different from me.

{QUOTE-> he security apps I have running is MSAS, McAfee AV 7.0, Zone Alarm 6.0 pro, Trojan hunter, Process Guard, and sometimes I run Winpatrol. Thats it. Nothing that I didn't run when it worked. <-QUOTE}

It's hard to tell with such things, some update or something might cause problems.

Personally, if i were you i would turn off some of these stuff, for a short while to confirm that they are not causing the problem either singlely or in combination. If you ask me it might be Mcafee or maybe ZA pro, or maybe both. You can probably surivive a couple of minutes with Mcafee off, and most probably with ZA pro if you have a router that blocks inbound.

But it's up to you.

Which brings me to the question do you have a hardware firewall?

notageek

December 30th, 2005, 01:10 PM

Sorry I didn't make myself clear. Tor will work with firefox as long as proxo and privoxy isn't combined in the set up. I do not have a hardware firewall. I'll shut down app one by one to see if they are cuasing the problem. I'll post back the results.

notageek

December 30th, 2005, 01:17 PM

OK I shut everything security app I have down, one by one and left them shut down and still have the problem.

devily

December 30th, 2005, 01:32 PM

Hmm, are you sure with firefox and Tor alone there is no problem? No 404?

Then that probably rules out Ronjor's idea in #4.

And just to confirm , it used to work okay?

Well, if it's not security software interfering, and it works fine with firefox alone, it is most likely due to the misconfig of proxomitron/privoxy.

What version of Tor are you using by the way? You might try upgrading, I doubt that's the problem , but it shouldn't hurt.

If you really can't figure it out, maybe you should try proxomitron+free cap and see if it works.

notageek

December 30th, 2005, 01:40 PM

I'm using tor version 0.1.0.15 and I'm going to make sure firefox and tor are working together again. Tor and firefox works to gether but it's really slow. I can't get proxo and freecap to work either.

notageek

December 31st, 2005, 12:09 AM

I don't know if this will help but when I get this error (which is all the time now), tor states this in the black command box "Dec 30 23:58:36:515 [notice] No tor server exists that allows exit to [scrubbed]:7734. Regecting." Next line says " Dec 30 23:58:37:765 [notice] Tried for 60 seconds to get connection to [scrubbed]:80. Giving up" Anyone know what that means?

torifyme

January 1st, 2006, 03:31 PM

When I have the same problem, I toggle off tor then on - the problem is temporarily fixed but I have to do it several times a day. I'm also thinking it's Firefox caching the 404 page.

notageek

January 1st, 2006, 06:32 PM

Thanks, I clean my firefox cache nightly and still have the problem.

TORist

January 2nd, 2006, 01:08 PM

{QUOTE-> I don't know if this will help but when I get this error (which is all the time now), tor states this in the black command box "Dec 30 23:] No tor server exists that allows exit to [scrubbed]:7734. Regecting." Next line says... <-QUOTE}If this is a once-off, then it doesn't mean much (likely due to a web page containing a link using a non-standard port) - however if you see it often then check your URL history in your Privoxy window. Lots of URLs in the form address:port may be due to a Proxomitron filter (run Proxomitron in Bypass mode to verify this).

torifyme

January 2nd, 2006, 01:23 PM

It's not just once - repeatedly for every site. If I don't toggle Tor off and on, I will have to click repeatedly until the site appears.

notageek

January 2nd, 2006, 03:04 PM

I thought it was fix this morning but it appears it's not fixed.

It does it all the time. Everytime I try to go to a webpage. I bypassed proxo and it still does it.

TORist

January 3rd, 2006, 04:32 AM

{QUOTE-> It does it all the time. Everytime I try to go to a webpage. I bypassed proxo and it still does it. <-QUOTE}Do you see a similar "No server" error message from Tor for every page you access? Do you see host:port entries appearing in the Privoxy window for every site you visit? If so, what port is specified? Is your firewall configured properly to allow all Tor traffic? (the port range used by Tor seems to have expanded recently).

notageek

January 3rd, 2006, 09:52 AM

OK Here's what's been gong on recently. After starting tor I can open webpages, after 10 mintues I can't. I get a tried for 60 second, giving up message in tor.

No I don't see "No Server" message everytime I go to a webpage. I see the "Tried for 60 seconds to get a connection to [scrubbed]:80. Giving up" message.

I'm not sure how to see if Privoxy is showing the host:port. If it the part that says "Jan 03 09:45:56 Privoxy(05696) Request: www.wilderssecurity.com/index.php" Than yes, but it changes the port everytime I go to different webpages.

I have Zone Alarm Pro and I have tor set to allow access. Should I set it up different?

TORist

January 3rd, 2006, 10:34 AM

{QUOTE-> OK Here's what's been gong on recently. After starting tor I can open webpages, after 10 mintues I can't...I see the "Tried for 60 seconds to get a connection to [scrubbed]:80. Giving up" message. <-QUOTE}That message would be typical if Tor was unable to retrieve a web page.{QUOTE-> I'm not sure how to see if Privoxy is showing the host:port. If it the part that says "Jan 03 09:45:56 Privoxy(05696) Request: www.wilderssecurity.com/index.php" <-QUOTE}In that example, it is using the standard port, 80. However URLs can include a port number, e.g. test.com:8080 and your previous message suggested this as a possibility. However if you are not seeing numbers in this format in the Privoxy window then this can be ruled out.{QUOTE-> I have Zone Alarm Pro and I have tor set to allow access. Should I set it up different? <-QUOTE}Have you just allowed everything (including allowing Tor, Privoxy and Proxomitron to "act as servers") or created expert rules? (if expert, what exact settings did you use). More to the point, does ZA's log show any Proxomitron/Privoxy/Tor-related traffic being blocked?

Some problems can be worked around by closing and restarting the Tor client, but if this does not apply for you, then it suggests a problem with your machine/setup - or possibly your ISP.

notageek

January 3rd, 2006, 10:42 AM

Yes tor, privoxy and proxo are set as allow act as a server in ZAP.

When I restart tor it works for 10 minutes and aftewr that it don't work anymore. I haven't created any rules for these programs in ZAP. I don't have any ZAP logs. I turned off logging in ZAP. I'll turn it back on and see what goes on.

notageek

January 4th, 2006, 02:04 PM

I see nothing my ZAP log file that TOR is being blocked.

TORist

January 4th, 2006, 07:46 PM

If you receive no blocked entries from ZA and no unusual messages in the Tor window when the 10-minute period is up, then this suggests a problem with the Tor client since this is when it will try to change paths - try increasing its logging level to see if this gives any more information (see How do I set up logging, or see Tor's logs? (http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#EnableWin32Logging) for details on this).

Have you had this problem on an earlier version of the client? (e.g. 1.1.9-alpha is working fine for me). If the problem can be tied to the specific client version, then it may be worth reporting this as a bug.

notageek

January 4th, 2006, 10:42 PM

OK, thanks. No I never had any problem with it before I switch to v0.1.0.13. When I switch to v0.1.0.13 us when I had problems. Now the only thing I see in my ZAP log file is lot of port scans when I try to use tor. I will try what you suggested and post back if it works or not.

notageek

January 4th, 2006, 11:31 PM

Nope, didn't work. I tried the later version and the latest alpha version. I am so stumpped on this. I keep getting a timed out message in tor

no proxy for

January 6th, 2006, 01:16 AM

Removing the default, "localhost, 127.0.0.1" from Firefox's "no proxy for" seems to have drastically minimized the frequency of "404" occurances.

no proxy for

January 6th, 2006, 01:22 AM

However, "no proxy for" becomes ineffective.

notageek

January 6th, 2006, 07:31 AM

I tried that already and still got 404. Like I said, I get a "[notice] Tried for 60 seconds to get connection to [scrubbed]:80. Giving up." in the tor window. That fills up the whole window when I keep trying to get a website.

no proxy for

January 6th, 2006, 12:04 PM

sorry to hear that. I very rarely get the "404" message now. If I enter the "localhost....." into Firefox, then I immediately get the "404" error page and receive it often.

notageek

January 6th, 2006, 12:14 PM

I don't know what's going on. Seems like I'm the only one with the problem I'm having.

no proxy

January 6th, 2006, 01:14 PM

I'm not sure why but I'm finding "localhost, 127.0.0.1" being removed automatically. I keep adding it and it disappears on it's own.

notageek

January 6th, 2006, 01:35 PM

That's odd. It's not doing it to me.

notageek

January 9th, 2006, 11:46 PM

Just thought I wpuld do follow up on this subject.

I Still can't get tor to work. I still get the connection timed out messages in the tor window. I tried everything. I guess it's time to give up on tor and uninstall it and privoxy. Thanks to all the helped me.

Brinn

January 10th, 2006, 04:13 AM

I've been following this for a while but I can only guess as to what's happening.
{QUOTE-> Tor works with firefox alone. <-QUOTE}
I tried to set up the Firefox>>Tor combo without Proxo or Privoxy. This works but all DNS queries were sent to my ISP's DNS server. With Privoxy in the mix properly configured, all DNS queries would be handled by the Tor network. What that suggests to me is your problem could be how your set up (or the Tor network) is handling or mishandling DNS queries. Why this is happening or how it can be fixed is a little beyond me.