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

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Tue Sep 28 16:59:49 EDT 2010


#11110: Pidgin appears to leak DNS for Jabber accounts
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 Reporter:  ioerror                  |        Owner:  deryni
     Type:  defect                   |       Status:  closed
Milestone:  2.6.6                    |    Component:  XMPP  
  Version:  2.6.4                    |   Resolution:  fixed 
 Keywords:  jabber security privacy  |  
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Comment(by datallah):

 Replying to [comment:11 kjo]:
 > There is still a DNS leak with XMPP accounts in the following case:
 >
 >  * setup an XMPP account whith a SOCKS5 local proxy as described above
 >  * disconnect from the network, e.g. by unpligging ethernet cable
 >  * reconnect e.g. by replugging ethernet cable
 >
 > Pidgin then automagically reconnects to the accounts, but leaks these
 requests:

 Look carefully at the backlog of this ticket.  Some of these "leaks" are
 unavoidable and are not bugs.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/11110#comment:12>
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