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- <h1>Running the <a href="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</a> client on MS Windows</h1>
- <br />
- <p>
- <b>Note that these are the installation instructions for running a Tor
- client on MS Windows (98, 98SE, NT4, 2000, XP, Server)
- If you want to run a server (please do), read the "Configuring a server" section at
- <a href="tor-doc.html#server">tor-doc.html</a>.</b>
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- <hr />
- <a id="installing"></a>
- <h2><a class="anchor" href="#installing">Step One: Download and Install Tor</a></h2>
- <br />
- <p>
- The latest stable release of Tor for MS Windows is
- <a href="http://tor.eff.org/dist/win32/tor-0.1.0.14-win32.exe">0.1.0.14</a>.
- Download it by clicking the link. You may be able to find experimental versions
- <a href="http://tor.eff.org/dist/win32/">here</a>, if you're looking for
- new features and new bugs.
- </p>
- <p>
- If you want to run Tor in the system
- tray and/or as a service have a look at this <a
- href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#Win32SystemTrayService">FAQ
- entry</a>. If you dont mind running in a window (so you can see its logs
- and errors) our Tor installer should make everything pretty simple. Below
- is a screenshot of the setup page (your version will probably be newer
- than the version printed in this screenshot):
- </p>
- <img alt="tor installer splash page"
- src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-installer-splash.png" />
- <p>
- By default, Tor is not configured to run at startup.
- <!--We highly recommend that you enable that feature, however. -->
- You can enable this by checking the "Run at startup" box as shown below.
- Be sure to leave the other boxes checked.
- </p>
- <img alt="select components to install"
- src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-installer-components.png" />
- <p>Once the installer is finished, it will run Tor in a window so
- you can see its logs and errors. (When you wish to browse anonymously,
- you may minimize this window, but do not close it.)
- </p>
- <img alt="tor window screenshot"
- src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-dos-window.png" />
- <p>Tor comes configured as a client by default. It uses a built-in
- default configuration file, and most people won't need to change any of
- the settings. Tor is now installed. <!--Close the Tor client for now by
- closing the cmd window.-->
- </p>
- <hr />
- <a id="privoxy"></a>
- <h2><a class="anchor" href="#privoxy">Step Two: Install Privoxy for Web Browsing</a></h2>
- <br />
- <p>After installing Tor, you need to configure your applications to use it.
- </p>
- <p>
- The first step is to set up web browsing. Start by installing <a
- href="http://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy</a> (click on 'recent releases',
- then scroll down to the MS Windows installer packages). Privoxy is a filtering
- web proxy that integrates well with Tor. Once it's installed, it should
- appear in your system tray as a "P" in a circle, as pictured below:
- <!-- Exit from
- Privoxy for now by right clicking on the "P" icon and finding the exit option.-->
- </p>
- <img alt="privoxy icon in the system tray"
- src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-icon.jpg" />
- <p>You need to configure Privoxy to use Tor.
- Open Privoxy's main config file by selecting it from Start Menu|All
- Programs:
- </p>
- <img border="1" alt="editing privoxy config"
- src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-config.png" />
- <p>Add the line <br>
- <tt>forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .</tt><br>
- to Privoxy's config file. Don't forget to add the dot at the end.
- The easiest way is to select the above line and copy/paste it into
- the file. Be sure to save.
- </p>
- <img border="1" alt="privoxy points to tor"
- src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-edit.png" />
- <p>Privoxy keeps a log file of everything passed through it. In
- order to stop this you will need to comment out two lines by inserting a
- # before the line. The two lines are:<br>
- <tt>logfile privoxy.log</tt><br>
- and the line <br>
- <tt>jarfile jar.log</tt><br>
- Be sure to save.
- </p>
- <img border="1" alt="comment out logfile"
- src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-edit-2.png" />
- <br>
- <img border="1" alt="comment out jarfile"
- src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-edit-3.png" />
- <br>
- <p>You'll need to exit and restart Privoxy for the changes to take effect:
- </p>
- <ol>
- <li>Right click on the Privoxy systray icon and choose "Exit Privoxy".</li>
- <li>Left click on Start Menu then Programs then Privoxy. Select the
- green "P" Privoxy icon. Privoxy should appear in your system
- tray again.</li>
- </ol>
- <hr />
- <a id="using"></a>
- <h2><a class="anchor" href="#using">Step Three: Configure your applications to use Tor</a></h2>
- <br />
- <p>After installing Tor and Privoxy, you need to configure your
- applications to use them. The first step is to set up web browsing.</p>
- <p>If you're using Firefox (we recommend it), check out our <a
- href="tor-switchproxy.html">Tor SwitchProxy howto</a> to set up
- a plugin that makes it easy to switch between using Tor and using a
- direct connection.</p>
- <p>Otherwise, you need to manually configure your browser to HTTP proxy
- at localhost port 8118.
- (That's where Privoxy listens.)
- In Mozilla, this is in Edit|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies.
- In Opera 7.5x it's Tools|Preferences|Network|Proxy servers.
- In IE, it's Tools|Internet Options|Connections|LAN Settings|Advanced.
- You should click the "use the same proxy server for all protocols"
- button; but see <a
- href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FtpProxy">this
- note</a> about Tor and ftp proxies.
- <!--You should also set your SSL proxy (IE calls it "Secure") to the same
- thing, to hide your SSL traffic too.--> In IE, this looks something like:</p>
- <img alt="Proxy settings in IE"
- src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-ie-proxies.jpg" />
- <p>Using privoxy is <strong>necessary</strong> because <a
- href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#SOCKSAndDNS">browsers
- leak your DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>, which
- is bad for your anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous
- headers from your web requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like
- Doubleclick.</p>
- <p>To Torify other applications that support HTTP proxies, just
- point them at Privoxy (that is, localhost port 8118). To use SOCKS
- directly (for instant messaging, Jabber, IRC, etc), you can point
- your application directly at Tor (localhost port 9050), but see <a
- href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#SOCKSAndDNS">this
- FAQ entry</a> for why this may be dangerous. For applications
- that support neither SOCKS nor HTTP, take a look at <a
- href="http://www.socks.permeo.com/Download/SocksCapDownload/index.asp">SocksCap</a> or
- <a href="http://www.freecap.ru/eng/">FreeCap</a>.
- (FreeCap is free software; SocksCap is proprietary.)</p>
- <p>For information on how to Torify other applications, check out the
- <a href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO">Torify
- HOWTO</a>.
- </p>
- <hr />
- <a id="verify"></a>
- <h2><a class="anchor" href="#verify">Step Four: Make sure it's working</a></h2>
- <br />
- <p>
- <a href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid.shat.net</a> and
- <a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a>
- are sites that show what IP address and country you appear to be coming
- from.
- </p>
- <p>If you don't know your current public IP address, this may not be a
- very useful test. To learn your IP address, go to the Start menu, click
- Run and enter "<tt>cmd</tt>". At the command prompt, enter "<tt>ipconfig
- /a</tt>". If you are behind a NAT or firewall, though, you won't be able
- to learn your public IP address. In this case, you should 1) configure
- your browser to connect directly (that is, stop using Privoxy), 2) check
- your IP address with one of the sites above, 3) point your browser back
- to Privoxy, and 4) see whether your IP address has changed.
- </p>
- <p>If you have a personal firewall that limits your computer's
- ability to connect to itself, be sure to allow connections from
- your local applications to local port 8118 and port 9050. If
- your firewall blocks outgoing connections, punch a hole so
- it can connect to at least TCP ports 80 and 443, and then see <a
- href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FirewalledClient">this
- FAQ entry</a>.
- </p>
- <p>If it's still not working, look at <a
- href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#ItDoesntWork">this
- FAQ entry</a> for hints.</p>
- <hr />
- <p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please post
- them on <a href="http://bugs.noreply.org/tor">our bugtracker</a> in the
- website category. Thanks!</p>
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