tor-webwml.git

@@ -955,22 +955,13 @@ I want to run another application through the Tor launched by Tor

 Browser Bundle. How do I predict my Socks port?</a></h3>

 <p>

-Typically Tor listens for Socks connections on port 9050. TBB

-on OSX and Linux has an experimental feature where Tor listens

-on random unused ports rather than a fixed port each time. The

-goal is to avoid conflicting with a "system" Tor install,

+Typically Tor listens for Socks connections on port 9050. TBB listens

+on port 9150. 

+The goal is to avoid conflicting with a "system" Tor install,

 so you can run a system Tor and TBB at the same time. We're <a

 href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/3948">working on

 a feature</a> where Tor will try the usual ports first and then back

-off to a random choice if they're already in use. Until then, if you

-want to configure some other application to use Tor as a Socks proxy,

-here's a workaround:

-</p>

-

-<p>

-In Vidalia, go to Settings->Advanced and uncheck the box that says

-'Configure ControlPort automatically'. Click OK and restart TBB. Your

-Socks port will then be on 9050.

+off to a random choice if they're already in use. 

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