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mention that you should proxy your SSL traffic too

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Roger Dingledine 19 years ago
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INSTALL

@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ Quickstart version for users:
 8) Optionally, install privoxy (www.privoxy.org), and add the line
   "forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 ." (without the quotes -- don't forget
   the dot) to its config file. Then change your mozilla to http proxy
-  at localhost port 8118 (and no socks proxy). This step will give you
-  good html scrubbing as well.
+  at localhost port 8118 (and no socks proxy). You should also set your
+  SSL proxy to the same thing, to hide your https traffic. Using privoxy
+  will give you good html scrubbing as well.
   (See doc/CLIENTS for why direct socks gives you less anonymity.)
 
 *****If this works for you, you can stop reading here******

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doc/tor-doc.html

@@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ proxy that integrates well with Tor. Add the line <br>
 <tt>forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .</tt><br>
 (don't forget the dot) to its
 config file. Then change your mozilla to http proxy at localhost port 8118
-(and no socks proxy). This step will give you good html scrubbing as well.
+(and no socks proxy). You should also set your SSL proxy to the same
+thing, to hide your https traffic. Using privoxy will give you good html
+scrubbing as well.
 (See <a href="http://freehaven.net/tor/cvs/doc/CLIENTS">this explanation</a>
 for why direct socks gives you less anonymity.)</p>