Tor is software and a network that enables you to avoid certain forms of network surveillance and communicate anonymously.
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How to create a OpenVPN server that redirects all incoming traffic to Tor?
I have a working OpenVPN server that forwards all traffic to/fro the internets. How can I configure another VPN user/client that will forward all traffic through Tor? I have Tor running.
Must I ...
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Route Application Data to Tor Hidden Service
I've purchased a file sharing sharing utility that connects to a server using the server's hostname and/or IP (intentionally not FTP). In order to make the system as secure as possible, I decided to ...
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How to set Tor as a global proxy for ALL traffic (including stuff going out to heroku for instance) [duplicate]
As it says on the tin. I've tried localhost:9510 as per Vidalia setting with no luck.
Tor just adds a proxy address that can be used for that, or am I misunderstanding?
Thank you
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How to identify TOR packets?
I am capturing network traffic using TCPDUMP with the following command:
TCPDUMP -i wlan0 -ttt port 9050 -w test.txt
How can I guarantee that all captured packet are TOR packets?
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If I host a Tor exit relay though a proxy, will I still be harassed?
I would like to run a Tor exit relay through a proxy service (torguard), but I'm not sure if this will prevent me from being harassed by my ISP or prevent me from receiving abuse of network notices. I ...
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Using TOR on VirtualBox
I'm doing a rebuild on my computer at home. I need to have both both Windows and Linux simultaneously, so I normally use Windows with Linux installed on Virtual Box. I downloaded and installed TOR in ...
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Old TOR version
Does anyone know where I can get older versions of TorBrowser and TorButton?
(Incase anyone needs to know why... I have a javascript app that runs in Firefox. Firefox have removed a vital feature I ...
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How to config tor to use a HTTP/SOCKS proxy?
My ISP has blocked the tor network. I cannot connect to the directory server.
How can I config tor through a HTTP/SOCKS proxy to make the connection?
# /var/log/tor/log
...
Mar 14 14:34:27.556 [warn] ...
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Are images viewed on my screen while using Tor/Firefox combo saved somewhere on my computer?
If an image is not saved while viewing it in Tor, what happens to it when the Tor browser is shut down? Is there a copy/thumbnail saved somewhere, or a reference to it on the hard drive? Does a ...
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TOR +Private School WIFI [closed]
I'm looking to use TOR on my private college WIFI, but I'm a bit concerned about whether the school can log my activity and/or see that I'm using TOR. The issue is that my college WIFI is set up as a ...
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0answers
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How to completely remove the preferences with a Firefox plugin?
I removed the TorButton Firefox plugin. When I reinstall it, it's remembers the previous settings.
This plugin is not listed in about:config when it is installed. The other plugins are there. ...
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5answers
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Tor Browser and how it affects torrents
I have recently received a message on my computer stating that my Internet Service Provider has been monitoring my traffic and have recorded me downloading several torrents that they have marked as ...
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Is Tor reliable on a Windows running in Oracle VM VirtualBox
A friend lent me her netbook, it runs ubuntu but fortunately she has VirtualBox where I can use Windows XP, something that I'm familiar with.
In a few weeks when I give it back I don't want there to ...
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2answers
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how to check my new IP and location using TOR
I am running TOR on Windows 7. I would like to know my IP address after changing my identity. Right now the only option is to open a webpage with a service that shows my IP address.
Is there any way ...
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2answers
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How safe is TOR for authentication based internet access?
My organisation required login before you can use internet. So, I have to login before I can use TOR. Can the andministrator see my TOR traffic ?
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What is “send link ” option in tor browser?
When you browse using TOR and right click on any webpage, you see an option "send link". I tried it but nothing happened visibly. What does that option do ?
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How to make anonymous looking not anonymous?
Is it possible to avoid detecting yourself as user of anonymous proxy, while browsing using Tor or I2P?
UPD The problem is that some sites just block users from anonymous proxies.
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Encryption used by TOR [closed]
I recently started thinking about using TOR, but had a few questions first.
What type of encryption is used by TOR?
Is this encryption dynamic or static?
Does ISP know the URL being visited?
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Is anybody able to use “tor” on opensuse?
I am using Tor successfully on my pc. but on VirtualBox, OpenSuse is fine with connecting Internet. But failing to start Tor.
FYI:
opensuse 11.3
i have guest edition installed
on VirtualBox ...
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2answers
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How much RAM for running a Tor Bridge?
Heyho,
I'd like to run several Tor bridges on vservers. Operating system will be Linux (Ubuntu 12.04 amd64).
Does someone have experience with how much RAM I'll need?
The 512MB vservers cost 30 - 50 ...
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0answers
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Using Torsocks on Mac OS X 10.8.2
I used Torsock and usewithtor fine when I had MAC OS X 10.6, and didn't use it for a while. I upgraded to Mountain Lion a few months ago, and I tried to use it but no luck on it.
Output is following:
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2answers
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How can I make Tor route all my traffic?
How can I set Tor to route all of my internet traffic? So, if I want to use any program to connect to a website or send requests to it, is there any way that I can make Tor hide my IP at all times?
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SASL authentication “fails” on Freenode / Tor, on irssi and weechat
I am following various tutorials about using Freenode through Tor. I have tried irssi + cap_sasl.pl, and also weechat, which has builtin SASL support.
The connection fails in following way on both ...
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0answers
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Firefox - URL not valid and cannot be loaded
So far there was no problem. since yesterday I get this message.
"URL not valid and cannot be loaded"
I disabled all the add-on (NoScript, BlockSite, HTTPS-Everywhere), but the problem persists.
My ...
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0answers
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Vidalia won't work in Snow Leopard?
So I downloaded the Vidalia bundle from the Tor website. I didn't download the whole Tor Browser Bundle because I don't want to have another Firefox on my already thinning drive space. I am going to ...
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1answer
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Is it possible to install TOR without root access
i have ssh access to a linux box running ubuntu server 12.04
I need to install tor to configure it as a TOR relay however i do not have root access . How can i do this . i have tried compiling but my ...
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1answer
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Pidgin connects to Facebook chat but not to GTalk wiht Tor. How can that be?
I am using Pidgin on Ubuntu 12.04. The university network blocks (I think) port 5222 for XMMP connections. I thought about using Tor to circumvent that. I installed Tor and configured pidgin to use ...
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1answer
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How can I tunnel an entire Virtual Machine through Tor?
I have a VM which I want to allow to access the internet only through Tor.
I'm using VirtualBox on OS X 10.8.
Thanks!
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2answers
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Connect Chrome to TOR
I'm having difficulty connecting Chrome to TOR. I started trying yesterday. I started Vidalia and the TOR Browser and then followed the advice at ...
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1answer
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Proxychains tor + ssh tunnel
Heelo, i have a problem with setting proxychains. I config file, when i set
[ProxyList]
# add proxy here ...
# meanwile
# defaults set to "tor"
socks4 127.0.0.1 9050
It works well as tor, when ...
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1answer
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Is there a way to prevent web services from knowing that I am using a proxy to connect?
Is there a way to prevent web services from knowing that I am using a proxy to connect?
Many web services block access if you're using a proxy, even if you are only doing it to protect yourself from ...
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1answer
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Are tor relays “insecure”? [closed]
Are tor relays insecure? By this I mean; if anyone can run a relay, how is my anonymity guaranteed? Are there any whitepapers on this?
For example; if I connect to a relay are they able to trace my ...
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Two tor clients
I have been experimenting with the thought of running two Tor clients at
once on my machine. So I decided to try it and modified the source a bit
to let me run two clients at once (of course with ...
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1answer
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Certain websites not working [closed]
I am posting here because I have exhausted all possibilities I could think of. Some websites are not accessible on one particular machine on my network. I have three laptops, one desktop and other ...
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2answers
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Can VPN or TOR protect me from my ISP [closed]
For connecting to internet I need to open the ISPs website and login. I believe during this my IP address can be tracked. So how will VPN or TOR help here. If not any other solution?
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1answer
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What does tor NEWNYM in tor do?
Can someone explain to me (in layman terms if possible) what sending tor the signal NEWNYM does?
I have read in several blogs that it should improve performance and/or improve anonymity but I could ...
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Am I a spambot or is it just a wrongly configured Tor?
I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 and constantly experience trouble browsing, i.e. extremely slow-loading websites. I'm fairly confident it's not just a network problem.
Sometimes I find that when Chrome ...
6
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1answer
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Persistent data in Tor browser bundle?
What sort of persistent data is generated by bundled Tor?
I recently did an experiment using the Tor Browser Bundle for GNU-Linux. I created two directories, A and B, and placed an identical copy of ...
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1answer
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Tor relay using Tomato Shibby Mod?
I'm looking to buy a new router (probably ASUS RT-N16), and I'd like one that I can setup as a Tor relay. I'm not bothered about using Tor myself, so I don't need it to make connections for me via Tor ...
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1answer
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How do I get tor exit node information of a certain connection I made
At some point today my email client warned about an smtp certificate change of self signed certs. I took a screenshot of the certificate fingerprints and refused the connection because it does not ...
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1answer
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Forcing Tor to use a given IP address for outbound connections
I have a network card with 3 IPs on OpenVZ virtual node (device venet0). Let's call them A,B,C. By default, Tor opens outbound connections from address A. I want it to use only B.
In torrc file the ...
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1answer
374 views
Accessing Tor on Android device via a virtual wifi network
I've hosted a wifi network using a virtual router, with which the local area connection is sharing it's internet with. My Android device can connect to this wifi network and can access my laptop's ...
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Sharing tor network via Adhoc
I'm using tor for accessing sites that have been blocked by my ISP it's working great..
And I use the same laptop (win 7)as adhoc for accessing Internet on other devices.So how can I make adhoc ...
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1answer
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Configure Tor as a listening proxy server that I can connect to remotely?
I currently have the Vidalia bundle installed on my Windows Server 2008 R2 machine. Is there a way that I can connect to the Tor network through this computer from other computers on the LAN or from ...
0
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1answer
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Is there a quick and easy way to switch Tor on/off in Chrome and other browsers?
Recently I was playing around with the Tor Browser. It is quite slow though, so it got me thinking that perhaps there is a better way to use Tor. I attempted to follow instructions on a few websites ...
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1answer
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Tor Exit Node (Not connecting)
I have two internet connections one running a Tor Exit Relay and one just trying to connect using it. The exit relay port is 14569 I can't seem to connect using my exit relay Tor says everything is ...
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Does Vidalia Control Panel have hotkeys / shortcuts?
I cannot find any hotkeys for the Vidalia Control Panel. For example I would like a hotkey for the New User Identity button.
Is there one?
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tor: how to have different ip address for every page request?
I installed the tor bundle and at https://check.torproject.org/ it confirms that tor is working, and the page shows the tor ip address. I notice this seems to be constant.
Is it possible to get a new ...
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Setup Tor/vidalia with vmware workstation
I have tor/vidalia installed and works perfectly with whatever browser on host (windows 7) I point to 127.0.0.1:8118 proxy.
But how can I set it up from inside of vmware workstation guest (windows ...
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Torbutton broke Firefox?
I'm using Firefox Aurora on Ubuntu 12.04. I wanted to use Torbutton for certain websites, however the add-on has been causing problems, such as constantly spitting out errors about it not being able ...
