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  34. <h1>Installing SwitchProxy for <a href="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</a></h1>
  35. <hr />
  36. <p>
  37. SwitchProxy is a Firefox plugin that makes it easy for you to switch
  38. between using a proxy and connecting to websites directly.</p>
  39. <p>In this howto, you'll set up SwitchProxy to let you change
  40. between using Tor and a direct connection. We assume you already
  41. have Firefox installed and working.</p>
  42. <p>The screenshots here are oriented towards Windows users, but
  43. SwitchProxy works anywhere Firefox works. Hopefully everybody else can
  44. follow along just fine.</p>
  45. <hr />
  46. <a id="zero"></a>
  47. <h2><a class="anchor" href="#zero">Step Zero: Download and Install Tor and Privoxy</a></h2>
  48. <br />
  49. <p>Before you start, you need to make sure 1) Tor is up and running,
  50. 2) Privoxy is up and running, and 3) Privoxy is configured to point
  51. to Tor.</p>
  52. <p>Windows users need to do <a
  53. href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-win32.html#installing">step one</a>
  54. of the Windows Tor installation howto, and Mac OS X users need to do <a
  55. href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-osx.html#installing">step one</a>
  56. of OS X Tor installation howto, since our Win32 and OS X packages include
  57. Privoxy and configure it already. Linux/BSD/Unix users should do <a
  58. href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-unix.html#installing">step one</a>
  59. and <a href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-unix.html#privoxy">step
  60. two</a> of the Unix Tor installation howto.
  61. </p>
  62. <hr />
  63. <a id="one"></a>
  64. <h2><a class="anchor" href="#one">Step One: Download and Install SwitchProxy</a></h2>
  65. <br />
  66. <p>SwitchProxy is a Firefox plugin, so you need to go through
  67. the process of installing a new plugin. First, go to the <a
  68. href="https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=125">
  69. SwitchProxy</a> web page. If you're using Firefox 1.5, you might need to
  70. download SwitchProxy <a href="http://www.roundtwo.com/product/switchproxy">from
  71. here</a> instead.
  72. Turn on JavaScript for now and click "Install Now":</p>
  73. <img alt="switchproxy web page"
  74. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-webpage.jpg" />
  75. <p>It will pop up a window asking for permission to install the plugin.
  76. Click on the "Install Now" button:
  77. </p>
  78. <img alt="firefox plugin warning"
  79. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-plugin-starting.jpg" />
  80. <p>Once the installer is finished, you should close all of your Firefox
  81. windows and restart Firefox.</p>
  82. <img alt="firefox plugin finished"
  83. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-plugin-finished.jpg" />
  84. <hr />
  85. <a id="two"></a>
  86. <h2><a class="anchor" href="#two">Step Two: Configure SwitchProxy</a></h2>
  87. <br />
  88. <p>When you restart Firefox, you'll notice there's a new toolbar
  89. that lets you control your proxies. Now we're going to set up a proxy
  90. configuration for Tor. Click on "Add" in the new Proxy toolbar:</p>
  91. <img alt="new toolbar"
  92. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-toolbar.jpg" />
  93. <p>It will ask you to select a proxy type. Choose
  94. "Standard." (There's also an "anonymous" proxy type that
  95. uses an ad hoc set of anonymous proxies out there. You
  96. don't want this, because those other "anonymous" proxies <a
  97. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#ComparisonProxyAggregators">give
  98. you much weaker security than Tor</a>.)
  99. </p>
  100. <img alt="standard proxy"
  101. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-proxytype.jpg" />
  102. <p>Now it will show you the standard proxy config window for Firefox.
  103. Give this configuration a proxy label of "tor". Then fill in "localhost"
  104. and "8118" for all four entries, as shown here. (Even
  105. though Privoxy doesn't support FTP and Gopher, <a
  106. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FtpProxy">you
  107. should set them up anyway</a>.) Then click "OK":</p>
  108. <img alt="proxy config"
  109. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-proxyconfig.jpg" />
  110. <p>Now you've created the "tor" proxy label, but you're not using it yet.
  111. Click on the pull-down list and select tor, as shown here:</p>
  112. <img alt="switch to tor"
  113. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-switch.jpg" />
  114. <p>Almost done. Click "Apply" to make your change take effect:</p>
  115. <img alt="apply"
  116. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-apply.jpg" />
  117. <p>Done! Firefox will reload your current page. In
  118. this example screenshot, it reloaded the page and <a
  119. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#GoogleLanguage">happened
  120. to get a German exit node</a>:</p>
  121. <img alt="german google"
  122. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-german.jpg" />
  123. <hr />
  124. <a id="three"></a>
  125. <h2><a class="anchor" href="#three">Step Step Three: Check if it works</a></h2>
  126. <br />
  127. <p>Now Firefox is using Privoxy as an HTTP proxy, Privoxy is using Tor as
  128. a socks4a proxy, and Tor is making your connections to the Internet.</p>
  129. <p>In the above example, it was clear that it worked because the web
  130. page showed up in a different language. In other cases, though,
  131. you'll want to verify that your setup is working. Do
  132. <a href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-win32.html#verify">step three</a>
  133. of the Windows Tor installation howto, or
  134. <a href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-osx.html#verify">step three</a>
  135. of the OS X Tor installation howto.</p>
  136. <p>You should be aware of one anonymity gotcha: when you switch from
  137. using Tor to a direct connection (or vice versa), by default the page
  138. that's currently active will be reloaded through the new proxy setting.
  139. So make sure you're on a page that isn't sensitive, before switching.
  140. (You can also change this behavior in SwitchProxy's "Options |
  141. Preferences" menu.)</p>
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  143. <p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please <a
  144. href="mailto:tor-bugs@freehaven.net">send them to us</a>. Thanks!</p>
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