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  3. <title>Tor Win32 Install Instructions</title>
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  12. <h1>Running the <a href="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</a> client on Win32</h1>
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  14. <a name="installing"></a>
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  15. <h2>Step One: Download and Install Tor</h2>
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  16. <p>
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  17. <b>Note that this is the installation instructions for running a client on Win32. 
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  18. If you want to run a server, please read the "Configuring a server" section in 
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  19. <a href="./tor-doc.html">tor-doc.html</a>.</b>
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  21. <p>
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  22. This document was updated March 29 2005.
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  23. </p>
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  24. <p>
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  25. The latest beta release of Tor for Windows 32 is 
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  26. <a href="http://tor.eff.org/dist/win32/tor-0.1.0.1-rc-win32.exe">0.1.0.1-rc</a>.
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  27. Download it by clicking the link. You may be able to find experimental versions
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  28. <a href="http://tor.eff.org/dist/win32/">here</a>, if you're looking for
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  29. new features and new bugs.
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  30. </p>
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  31. 

  32. <p>Our Tor installer should make everything pretty simple. Below is a
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  33. screenshot of the setup page (your version will probably be newer than
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  34. the version printed in this screenshot):
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  35. </p>
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  36. 

  37. <img alt="tor installer splash page"
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  38. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-installer-splash.jpg" />
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  39. 

  40. <p>
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  41. By default, Tor is not configured to run at startup.
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  42. <!--We highly recommend that you enable that feature, however. -->
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  43. You can enable this by checking the "Run at startup" box as shown below.
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  44. Be sure to leave the other boxes checked.
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  45. </p>
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  46. 

  47. <img alt="select components to install"
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  48. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-installer-components.jpg" />
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  49. 

  50. <p>Once the installer is finished, it will run Tor in a DOS window so
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  51. you can see its logs and errors. (You can minimize this window, but do
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  52. not close it.)
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  53. </p>
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  54. 

  55. <img alt="tor window screenshot"
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  56. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-dos-window.jpg" />
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  57. 

  58. <p>Tor comes configured as a client by default. It uses a built-in
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  59. default configuration file, and most people won't need to change any of
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  60. the settings. Tor is now installed.</p>
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  61. 

  62. <a name="privoxy"></a>
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  63. <h2>Step Two: Install Privoxy for Web Browsing</h2>
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  64. 

  65. <p>After installing Tor, you need to configure your applications to use it.
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  66. The first step is to set up web browsing. Start by installing <a
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  67. href="http://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy</a> (click on 'recent releases',
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  68. then scroll down to the Win32 installer packages). Privoxy is a filtering
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  69. web proxy that integrates well with Tor. Once it's installed, it should
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  70. appear in your system tray as a "P" in a circle, as pictured below:
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  71. </p>
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  72. 

  73. <img alt="privoxy icon in the system tray"
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  74. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-icon.jpg" />
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  75. 

  76. <p>You need to configure Privoxy to use Tor.
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  77. Open Privoxy's main config file by selecting it from Start Menu|All
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  78. Programs:
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  79. </p>
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  80. 

  81. <img border="1" alt="editing privoxy config"
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  82. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-config.jpg" />
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  83. 

  84. <p>Add the line <br>
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  85. <tt>forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .</tt><br>
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  86. to Privoxy's config file. Don't forget to add the dot at the end.
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  87. The easiest way is to select the above line and copy/paste it into
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  88. the file. Be sure to save.
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  89. </p>
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  90. 

  91. <img border="1" alt="privoxy points to tor"
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  92. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-privoxy-edit.jpg" />
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  94. <a name="using"></a>
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  95. <h2>Step Three: Configure your applications to use Tor</h2>
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  96. 

  97. <p>Then change your browser to HTTP proxy at localhost port 8118.
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  98. (That's where Privoxy listens.)
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  99. In Firefox it's Firefox|Preferences|General|ConnectionSettings.
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  100. In Mozilla, this is in Edit|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies. In IE, it's
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  101. Tools|Internet Options|Connections|LAN Settings|Advanced.
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  102. You should also set your SSL proxy (IE calls it "Secure") to the same
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  103. thing, to hide your SSL traffic too. In IE, this looks something like:</p>
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  105. <img alt="LAN settings in IE"
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  106. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-ie-lan.jpg" />
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  107. <img alt="Proxy settings in IE"
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  108. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-ie-proxies.jpg" />
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  109. 

  110. <p>Using privoxy is <strong>necessary</strong> because <a
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  111. href="http://tor.eff.org/cvs/tor/doc/CLIENTS">browsers leak your
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  112. DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>, which is bad for
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  113. your anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous headers from your
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  114. web requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like Doubleclick.</p>
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  115. 

  116. <p>To test if it's working, go to 
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  117. <a href="http://peertech.org/privacy-knoppix/">peertech</a>,
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  118. <a href="http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy">junkbusters</a>,
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  119. <a href="http://www.network-tools.com">network-tools</a> or
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  120. <a href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid</a>
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  121. and see what IP it says you're coming from.
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  122. </p>
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  123. <p>
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  124. If you have a personal firewall that limits your computer's ability
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  125. to connect to itself, be sure to allow connections from your local
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  126. applications to
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  127. local port 8118 and port 9050. If your firewall blocks outgoing connections,
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  128. punch a hole so it can connect to at least TCP ports 80, 443, and 9001-9033.
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  129. For more troubleshooting suggestions, see <a
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  130. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ">the FAQ</a>.
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  131. </p>
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  132. 

  133. <p>To Torify another application that supports HTTP, just point it at Privoxy
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  134. (that is, localhost port 8118). To use SOCKS directly (for example, for
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  135. instant messaging, Jabber, IRC, etc), point your application directly at
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  136. Tor (localhost port 9050). For applications that support neither SOCKS
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  137. nor HTTP, take a look at <a
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  138. href="http://www.socks.permeo.com/Download/SocksCapDownload/index.asp">SocksCap</a>,
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  139. <a href="http://www.freecap.ru/eng/">FreeCap</a>,
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  140. or the <a
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  141. href="http://www.hummingbird.com/products/nc/socks/index.html?cks=y">Hummingbird</a>
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  142. SOCKS client. (FreeCap is free software; the others are proprietary.)<br />
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  143. For more information how to Torify other applications in detail visit
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  144. the <a href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO">Torify HOWTO</a>.
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  145. <p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please <a
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  146. href="mailto:tor-bugs@freehaven.net">send them to us</a>. Thanks!</p>
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