using Tor as Proxy

Question

I'm trying to use Tor-Server as a proxy in HttpWebRequest, my code looks like this:

HttpWebRequest request; HttpWebResponse response;  request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://www.google.com"); request.Proxy = new WebProxy("127.0.0.1:9051");  response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse(); response.Close(); 

it works perfect with "normal" proxies but with Tor I'm getting Exceptions while calling

GetResponse() with Status = ServerProtocolViolation. The message is (in German...):Message = "Der Server hat eine Protokollverletzung ausgeführt.. Section=ResponseStatusLine"

Answer 1

If you have privoxy installed and running you can do

request.Proxy = new WebProxy("127.0.0.1:8118"); // default privoxy port 

Which will enable you to make requests using tor

Answer 2

Tor is not an HTTP proxy. It's a SOCKS proxy. You can use an HTTP proxy that supports forwarding on SOCKS (like Privoxy) and connect to that via code instead.