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  10. <h1>Running <a href="http://tor.freehaven.net/">Tor</a> on Win32</h1>
  11. <a name="installing"></a>
  12. <h2>Step One: Download and Install Tor</h2>
  13. <p>
  14. The latest stable release of Tor for Windows 32 is <a
  15. href="http://tor.freehaven.net/dist/win32/tor-0.0.9.1-win32.exe">0.0.9.1</a>.
  16. Download it by clicking the link. You may be able to find experimental versions
  17. <a href="http://tor.freehaven.net/dist/win32/">here</a>, if you're looking for
  18. new features and new bugs.
  19. </p>
  20. <p>Our Tor installer should make everything pretty simple. Below is a
  21. screenshot of the setup page:
  22. </p>
  23. <img alt="tor installer splash page"
  24. src="http://tor.freehaven.net/img/screenshot-installer-splash.jpg" />
  25. <p>
  26. By default, Tor is not configured to run at startup.
  27. <!--We highly recommend that you enable that feature, however. -->
  28. You can enable this by checking the "Run at startup" box as shown below.
  29. Be sure to leave the other boxes checked.
  30. </p>
  31. <img alt="select components to install"
  32. src="http://tor.freehaven.net/img/screenshot-installer-components.jpg" />
  33. <p>Once the installer is finished, it will run Tor in a DOS window so
  34. you can see its logs and errors. (You can minimize this window, but do
  35. not close it.)
  36. </p>
  37. <img alt="tor window screenshot"
  38. src="http://tor.freehaven.net/img/screenshot-dos-window.jpg" />
  39. <p>Tor comes configured as a client by default. It uses a built-in
  40. default configuration file, and most people won't need to change any of
  41. the settings. Tor is now installed.</p>
  42. <a name="privoxy"></a>
  43. <h2>Step Two: Install Privoxy for Web Browsing</h2>
  44. <p>After installing Tor, you need to configure your applications to use it.
  45. The first step is to set up web browsing. Start by installing <a
  46. href="http://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy</a> (click on 'recent releases',
  47. then scroll down to the Win32 installer packages). Privoxy is a filtering
  48. web proxy that integrates well with Tor. Once it's installed, it should
  49. appear in your system tray as a "P" in a circle, as pictured below:
  50. </p>
  51. <img alt="privoxy icon in the system tray"
  52. src="http://tor.freehaven.net/img/screenshot-privoxy-icon.jpg" />
  53. <p>You need to configure Privoxy to use Tor.
  54. Open Privoxy's main config file by selecting it from Start Menu|All
  55. Programs:
  56. </p>
  57. <img border="1" alt="editing privoxy config"
  58. src="http://tor.freehaven.net/img/screenshot-privoxy-config.jpg" />
  59. <p>Add the line <br>
  60. <tt>forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .</tt><br>
  61. to Privoxy's config file. Don't forget to add the dot at the end.
  62. The easiest way is to select the above line and copy/paste it into
  63. the file. Be sure to save.
  64. </p>
  65. <img border="1" alt="privoxy points to tor"
  66. src="http://tor.freehaven.net/img/screenshot-privoxy-edit.jpg" />
  67. <a name="using"></a>
  68. <h2>Step Three: Configure your applications to use Tor</h2>
  69. <p>Then change your browser to HTTP proxy at localhost port 8118.
  70. (That's where Privoxy listens.)
  71. In Mozilla, this is in Edit|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies. In IE, it's
  72. Tools|Internet Options|Connections|LAN Settings|Advanced.
  73. You should also set your SSL proxy (IE calls it "Secure") to the same
  74. thing, to hide your SSL traffic. In IE, this looks something like:</p>
  75. <img alt="LAN settings in IE"
  76. src="http://tor.freehaven.net/img/screenshot-ie-lan.jpg" />
  77. <img alt="Proxy settings in IE"
  78. src="http://tor.freehaven.net/img/screenshot-ie-proxies.jpg" />
  79. <p>Using privoxy is <strong>necessary</strong> because <a
  80. href="http://tor.freehaven.net/cvs/tor/doc/CLIENTS">browsers leak your
  81. DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>, which is bad for
  82. your anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous headers from your
  83. web requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like Doubleclick.</p>
  84. <p>To test if it's working, go to <a
  85. href="http://peertech.org/privacy-knoppix/">this site</a> and see
  86. what IP it says you're coming from. (If it's down, you can try the
  87. <a href="http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy">junkbusters</a>
  88. site instead.)</p>
  89. <p>
  90. If you have a personal firewall, be sure to allow local connections to
  91. port 8118 and port 9050. If your firewall blocks outgoing connections,
  92. punch a hole so it can connect to TCP ports 80, 443, and 9001-9033.
  93. For more troubleshooting suggestions, see <a
  94. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ">the FAQ</a>.
  95. </p>
  96. <p>To Torify another application that supports HTTP, just point it at Privoxy
  97. (that is, localhost port 8118). To use SOCKS directly (for example, for
  98. instant messaging, Jabber, IRC, etc), point your application directly at
  99. Tor (localhost port 9050). For applications that support neither SOCKS
  100. nor HTTP, take a look at <a
  101. href="http://www.socks.permeo.com/Download/SocksCapDownload/index.asp">SocksCap</a>,
  102. <a href="http://www.freecap.ru/eng/">FreeCap</a>,
  103. or the <a
  104. href="http://www.hummingbird.com/products/nc/socks/index.html?cks=y">Hummingbird</a>
  105. SOCKS client. (FreeCap is free software; the others are proprietary.)
  106. Let us know if you get them working so we can add better
  107. instructions here.</p>
  108. <p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please <a
  109. href="mailto:tor-bugs@freehaven.net">send them to us</a>. Thanks!</p>
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