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If I understand your question correctly, it comes down to this:
First of all, 'Normal' networking.
Each device (computers, printers, IP cameras, whatever) has a public IP. You configure the network for the same network range.
Everything can connect locally to everything else which is local.
To reach computers on the Internet it need to be able to reach ...
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The default squid user proxy needs write permission from the parent to all the directories it writes to; including the cache directory (cache_dir) and log files.
I didn't want to change the permissions of /var or /var/log, so I created a new directory /squid3_logs and set the log locations in squid.conf.
access_log /squid3_logs/access.log squid
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If your browser is Firefox, then you can spoof your IP address via addons.
This might (or might not) be enough to throw off the access control.
Here are two addons that generate false IP addresses and might be useful (but which I never had any reason to try) :
ipFlood
IPFuck
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Only HTTP proxy may have the header X-FORWARDED-FOR or VIA. All socks proxies are highly anonymous (Opaque). They won't report your real IP address to the website. Maybe the socks proxy server itself doesn't have the access to the website.
FYI, Socks Proxy VS HTTP Proxy:
http://www.change-ip.net/socks-proxy-http-proxy/
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For an ISP the most important advantage of a proxy is probably the possibility of caching — if multiple users request the same static resources from popular sites, the proxy server can cache such resources and serve them to clients without contacting the original site every time, thus decreasing the external bandwidth usage for the ISP and page load times ...
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Most applications that you run from the command line do not use Mac's system proxy. You need to set the variable http_proxy to the proxy. This should let you connect to the internet from applications on the command line. (Note: Some application have there own proxy settings which you might have to look up).
So you could put in ~/.bashrc (or whatever shell ...
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Answer to your initial question:
If your client has internet access through the VPN, this should be sufficient to initiate a Tor handshake. Your VPN server should be smart enough to forward your client its own traffic.
Answer to your follow-up question:
Yes, any traffic viewable on your VPN would be encrypted.
Tor uses a process of encryption called "Onion ...
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If you can generate an end-to-end session then you gain security through the proxy not being able to intercept your communications, but if your session terminates at the proxy and they connect on your behalf to the website, the proxy owner could do whatever they want with that information.
This is why sites which require higher security (eg online banking) ...
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Yes, your conjecture is correct. The web proxy owner may know the username/password you sent by recording all the traffic data. Please don't send sensitive information by web proxy.
It will be more safe if you use a IP:Port proxy. FYI, Is Proxy Safe to Use? http://www.change-ip.net/proxy-safe/
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