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  34. <h1>Running the <a href="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</a> client on MS Windows</h1>
  35. <br />
  36. <p>
  37. <b>Note that these are the installation instructions for running a Tor
  38. client on MS Windows (98, 98SE, NT4, 2000, XP, Server).
  39. If you want to relay traffic for others to help the network grow (please
  40. do), read the <a href="tor-doc-server.html">Configuring a server</a>
  41. guide.</b>
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  43. <hr />
  44. <a id="installing"></a>
  45. <h2><a class="anchor" href="#installing">Step One: Download and Install Tor</a></h2>
  46. <br />
  47. <p>
  48. The latest stable release of Tor for MS Windows is
  49. <a href="http://tor.eff.org/dist/win32/tor-0.1.0.15-win32.exe">0.1.0.15</a>.
  50. Download it by clicking the link. You may be able to find experimental versions
  51. <a href="http://tor.eff.org/dist/win32/">here</a>, if you're looking for
  52. new features and new bugs.
  53. </p>
  54. <p>
  55. If you want to run Tor in the system
  56. tray and/or as a service have a look at this <a
  57. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#Win32SystemTrayService">FAQ
  58. entry</a>. If you dont mind running in a window (so you can see its logs
  59. and errors) our Tor installer should make everything pretty simple. Below
  60. is a screenshot of the setup page (your version will probably be newer
  61. than the version printed in this screenshot):
  62. </p>
  63. <img alt="tor installer splash page"
  64. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-installer-splash.png" />
  65. <p>
  66. By default, Tor is not configured to run at startup.
  67. <!--We highly recommend that you enable that feature, however. -->
  68. You can enable this by checking the "Run at startup" box as shown below.
  69. Be sure to leave the other boxes checked.
  70. </p>
  71. <img alt="select components to install"
  72. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-installer-components.png" />
  73. <p>Once the installer is finished, it will run Tor in a window so
  74. you can see its logs and errors. (When you wish to browse anonymously,
  75. you may minimize this window, but do not close it.)
  76. </p>
  77. <img alt="tor window screenshot"
  78. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-dos-window.png" />
  79. <p>Tor comes configured as a client by default. It uses a built-in
  80. default configuration file, and most people won't need to change any of
  81. the settings. Tor is now installed.
  82. </p>
  83. <hr />
  84. <a id="privoxy"></a>
  85. <h2><a class="anchor" href="#privoxy">Step Two: Install Privoxy for Web Browsing</a></h2>
  86. <br />
  87. <p>After installing Tor, you need to configure your applications to use it.
  88. </p>
  89. <p>
  90. The first step is to set up web browsing. Start by installing <a
  91. href="http://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy</a> (click on 'recent releases',
  92. then scroll down to the MS Windows installer packages). Privoxy is a filtering
  93. web proxy that integrates well with Tor. Once it's installed, it should
  94. appear in your system tray as a "P" in a circle, as pictured below:
  95. <!-- Exit from
  96. Privoxy for now by right clicking on the "P" icon and finding the exit option.-->
  97. </p>
  98. <img alt="privoxy icon in the system tray"
  99. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-icon.jpg" />
  100. <p>You need to configure Privoxy to use Tor.
  101. Open Privoxy's main config file by selecting it from Start Menu|All
  102. Programs:
  103. </p>
  104. <img border="1" alt="editing privoxy config"
  105. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-config.png" />
  106. <p>Add the line <br>
  107. <tt>forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .</tt><br>
  108. to Privoxy's config file. Don't forget to add the dot at the end.
  109. The easiest way is to select the above line and copy/paste it into
  110. the file. Be sure to save.
  111. </p>
  112. <img border="1" alt="privoxy points to tor"
  113. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-edit.png" />
  114. <p>Privoxy keeps a log file of everything passed through it. In
  115. order to stop this you will need to comment out two lines by inserting a
  116. # before the line. The two lines are:<br>
  117. <tt>logfile privoxy.log</tt><br>
  118. and the line <br>
  119. <tt>jarfile jar.log</tt><br>
  120. Be sure to save.
  121. </p>
  122. <img border="1" alt="comment out logfile"
  123. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-edit-2.png" />
  124. <br>
  125. <img border="1" alt="comment out jarfile"
  126. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-edit-3.png" />
  127. <br>
  128. <p>You'll need to exit and restart Privoxy for the changes to take effect:
  129. </p>
  130. <ol>
  131. <li>Right click on the Privoxy systray icon and choose "Exit Privoxy".</li>
  132. <li>Left click on Start Menu then Programs then Privoxy. Select the
  133. green "P" Privoxy icon. Privoxy should appear in your system
  134. tray again.</li>
  135. </ol>
  136. <hr />
  137. <a id="using"></a>
  138. <h2><a class="anchor" href="#using">Step Three: Configure your applications to use Tor</a></h2>
  139. <br />
  140. <p>After installing Tor and Privoxy, you need to configure your
  141. applications to use them. The first step is to set up web browsing.</p>
  142. <p>If you're using Firefox (we recommend it), check out our <a
  143. href="tor-switchproxy.html">Tor SwitchProxy howto</a> to set up
  144. a plugin that makes it easy to switch between using Tor and using a
  145. direct connection.</p>
  146. <p>Otherwise, you need to manually configure your browser to HTTP proxy
  147. at localhost port 8118.
  148. (That's where Privoxy listens.)
  149. In Mozilla, this is in Edit|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies.
  150. In Opera 7.5x it's Tools|Preferences|Network|Proxy servers.
  151. In IE, it's Tools|Internet Options|Connections|LAN Settings|Advanced.
  152. You should click the "use the same proxy server for all protocols"
  153. button; but see <a
  154. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FtpProxy">this
  155. note</a> about Tor and ftp proxies.
  156. In IE, this looks something like:</p>
  157. <img alt="Proxy settings in IE"
  158. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-ie-proxies.jpg" />
  159. <p>Using privoxy is <strong>necessary</strong> because <a
  160. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#SOCKSAndDNS">browsers
  161. leak your DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>, which
  162. is bad for your anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous
  163. headers from your web requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like
  164. Doubleclick.</p>
  165. <p>To Torify other applications that support HTTP proxies, just
  166. point them at Privoxy (that is, localhost port 8118). To use SOCKS
  167. directly (for instant messaging, Jabber, IRC, etc), you can point
  168. your application directly at Tor (localhost port 9050), but see <a
  169. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#SOCKSAndDNS">this
  170. FAQ entry</a> for why this may be dangerous. For applications
  171. that support neither SOCKS nor HTTP, take a look at <a
  172. href="http://www.socks.permeo.com/Download/SocksCapDownload/index.asp">SocksCap</a> or
  173. <a href="http://www.freecap.ru/eng/">FreeCap</a>.
  174. (FreeCap is free software; SocksCap is proprietary.)</p>
  175. <p>For information on how to Torify other applications, check out the
  176. <a href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO">Torify
  177. HOWTO</a>.
  178. </p>
  179. <hr />
  180. <a id="verify"></a>
  181. <h2><a class="anchor" href="#verify">Step Four: Make sure it's working</a></h2>
  182. <br />
  183. <p>
  184. <a href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid.shat.net</a> and
  185. <a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a>
  186. are sites that show what IP address and country you appear to be coming
  187. from.
  188. </p>
  189. <p>If you don't know your current public IP address, this may not be a
  190. very useful test. To learn your IP address, go to the Start menu, click
  191. Run and enter "<tt>cmd</tt>". At the command prompt, enter "<tt>ipconfig
  192. /a</tt>". If you are behind a NAT or firewall, though, you won't be able
  193. to learn your public IP address. In this case, you should 1) configure
  194. your browser to connect directly (that is, stop using Privoxy), 2) check
  195. your IP address with one of the sites above, 3) point your browser back
  196. to Privoxy, and 4) see whether your IP address has changed.
  197. </p>
  198. <p>If you have a personal firewall that limits your computer's
  199. ability to connect to itself, be sure to allow connections from
  200. your local applications to local port 8118 and port 9050. If
  201. your firewall blocks outgoing connections, punch a hole so
  202. it can connect to at least TCP ports 80 and 443, and then see <a
  203. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FirewalledClient">this
  204. FAQ entry</a>.
  205. </p>
  206. <p>If it's still not working, look at <a
  207. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#ItDoesntWork">this
  208. FAQ entry</a> for hints.</p>
  209. <hr />
  210. <a id="server"></a>
  211. <h2><a class="anchor" href="#server">Step Five: Configure it as a server</a></h2>
  212. <br />
  213. <p>The Tor network relies on volunteers to donate bandwidth. The more
  214. people who run servers, the faster the Tor network will be. If you have
  215. at least 20 kilobytes/s each way, please help out Tor by configuring your
  216. Tor to be a server too. We have many features that make Tor servers easy
  217. and convenient, including rate limiting for bandwidth, exit policies so
  218. you can limit your exposure to abuse complaints, and support for dynamic
  219. IP addresses.</p>
  220. <p>Having servers in many different places on the Internet is what
  221. makes Tor users secure. You may also get stronger anonymity yourself,
  222. since remote sites can't know whether connections originated at your
  223. computer or were relayed from others.</p>
  224. <p>Read more at our <a href="tor-doc-server.html">Configuring a server</a>
  225. guide.</p>
  226. <hr />
  227. <p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please post
  228. them on <a href="http://bugs.noreply.org/tor">our bugtracker</a> in the
  229. website category. Thanks!</p>
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