[Pidgin] #11110: Pidgin appears to leak DNS for Jabber accounts

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Fri Jan 8 20:47:24 EST 2010


#11110: Pidgin appears to leak DNS for Jabber accounts
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 Reporter:  ioerror                  |        Owner:  deryni
     Type:  defect                   |       Status:  new   
Milestone:                           |    Component:  XMPP  
  Version:  2.6.4                    |   Resolution:        
 Keywords:  jabber security privacy  |  
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Comment(by ioerror):

 Replying to [comment:3 datallah]:
 > It isn't going to be possible to do a SRV request through your SOCKS5
 tunnel.
 >
 > You can avoid the SRV request by specifying the connect server to the
 appropriate value in the "Advanced" section of your XMPP account.

 In both XMPP accounts (at the time of bug filing), I had (and still have)
 the entire advanced tab filled in (excepting the BOSH URL field) with
 server information. It makes these SRV (and AAAA) DNS requests either way.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/11110#comment:6>
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