Bug #955
open
I2P is not recognized as a valid top-level domain by Android's Patterns.WEB_URL
Added by k k over 1 year ago.
Updated over 1 year ago.
Description
Proxy - i2p, Tor
Tor - If a web address is w/o prefix 'http:// or https://' PB redirects automatically to 'https://'.
It should remain 'http://'.
i2p -
1. Using i2pd with 'I2p proxy', PB shows the alert that there is no i2p app. i2pd is the i2p client which fully implements all I2P APIs.
https://geti2p.net/en/about/alternative-clients
I recommend that i2pd should be recognised by PB as i2p app.
2. Using 'I2p proxy' or 'custom proxy' as advised here https://www.stoutner.com/proxy-syntax/, if you use a web address w/o prefix 'http:// or https://' PB tries to connect with a search engine via i2p outproxy. PB should try to connect with the provided address using default prefix 'http://'
- Subject changed from Proxy - i2p, Tor to Consider defaulting to http:// instead of https://
- Status changed from New to Feedback
- Assignee set to Soren Stoutner
Please file a separate bug report for each subject.
By choice, Privacy Browser only detects the official Orbot and I2P apps. I think it is highly unlikely I would try to detect all the many third-party solutions. That is what the custom entry is for. But if you would like to discuss it further I suggest you create a separate issue or do a search for one of the existing places on Redmine where it has been discussed, like #895, and add your comments there.
Regarding the defaulting to http:// instead of https://, for security and privacy reasons, Privacy Browser will always default to https://. If a user needs or wants http://, they should always have to type it manually as a reminder that it is not secure. Tor users like to assert that https:// isn't needed with .onion addresses because the encryption is handled by the Tor protocol. But Tor has a long history of being hacked and having problems with their protocols and the implementations thereof, so I don't trust that assertion. I would much rather trust https:// encryption that terminates in the browser than solely rely on Tor's encryption.
- Subject changed from Consider defaulting to http:// instead of https:// to Problems with searching instead of loading a URL
Regarding Privacy Browser searching instead of loading a URL when using I2P, I cannot replicate that problem. Can you please post an example URL that causes the problem for you?
Before doing so, you might consider reading over #938 first, to make sure that you are actually entering a URL instead of something that is not a URL.
- I have "Search custom URL" - 4n53nafyi77iplnbrpmxnp3x4exbswwxigujaxy3b37fvr7bvlopxeyd.onion/search?q= - My regular web browsing is mostly over Tor proxy.
- I change Proxy to I2P
- I try to open a web address - zzz.i2p
- PP gives the output- Proxy error: Outproxy failure
Host 4n53nafyi77iplnbrpmxnp3x4exbswwxigujaxy3b37fvr7bvlopxeyd.onion not inside I2P network, but outproxy is not enabled
- The address: http://4n53nafyi77iplnbrpmxnp3x4exbswwxigujaxy3b37fvr7bvlopxeyd.onion/search?q=zzz.i2p
As I wrote PP can't recognise the address zzz.i2p and tries to find a query via search engine.
If I use the address with a prefix "http://" PP loads the site correctly.
- Subject changed from Problems with searching instead of loading a URL to I2P is not recognized as a valid top-level domain by Android's Patterns.WEB_URL
- Status changed from Feedback to In Progress
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