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<h1>Installing SwitchProxy for <a href="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</a></h1>
<hr />

<p>
SwitchProxy is a Firefox plugin that makes it easy for you to switch
between using a proxy and connecting to websites directly.</p>

<p>In this howto, you're going to set up SwitchProxy to let you change
between using Tor and a direct connection. We assume you already
have Firefox installed and working.</p>

<p>The screenshots here are oriented towards Windows users, but
SwitchProxy works anywhere Firefox works. Hopefully everybody else can
follow along just fine.</p>

<hr />
<a name="zero"></a>
<h3>Step Zero: Download and Install Tor and Privoxy</h3>

<p>Before you start, you need to make sure 1) Tor is up and running,
2) Privoxy is up and running, and 3) Privoxy is configured to point
to Tor.</p>

<p>For Windows users, this means <a
href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-win32.html#installing">step one</a>
and <a href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-win32.html#privoxy">step
two</a> of the Windows Tor installation howto. Mac OS X users just need
to do <a href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-osx.html#installing">step
one</a> of OS X Tor installation howto, since our OS X package includes
Privoxy and configures it already.</p>

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<a name="one"></a>
<h3>Step One: Download and Install SwitchProxy</h3>

<p>SwitchProxy is a Firefox plugin, so you need to go through
the process of installing a new plugin. First, go to the <a
href="https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=125">
SwitchProxy</a> web page. Turn on JavaScript for
now and click "Install Now":</p>

<img alt="switchproxy web page"
src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-webpage.jpg" />

<p>It will pop up a window asking for permission to install the plugin.
Click on the "Install Now" button:
</p>

<img alt="firefox plugin warning"
src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-plugin-starting.jpg" />

<p>Once the installer is finished, you should close all of your Firefox
windows and restart Firefox.</p>

<img alt="firefox plugin finished"
src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-plugin-finished.jpg" />

<hr />
<a name="two"></a>
<h3>Step Two: Configure SwitchProxy</h3>

<p>When you restart Firefox, you'll notice there's a new toolbar
that lets you control your proxies. Now we're going to set up a proxy
configuration for Tor. Click on "Add" in the new Proxy toolbar:</p>

<img alt="new toolbar"
src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-toolbar.jpg" />

<p>It will ask you to select a proxy type. Choose "Standard." (There's also
an "anonymous" proxy type that uses an ad hoc set of anonymous proxies
out there. You don't want this, because those other "anonymous" proxies
give you much weaker security than Tor.)</p>

<img alt="standard proxy"
src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-proxytype.jpg" />

<p>Now it will show you the standard proxy config window for Firefox.
Give this configuration a proxy label of "tor". Then fill in "localhost"
and "8118" for all four entries, as shown here. (Even
though Privoxy doesn't support FTP and Gopher, <a
href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FtpProxy">you
should set them up anyway</a>.) Then click "OK":</p>

<img alt="proxy config"
src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-proxyconfig.jpg" />

<p>Now you've created the "tor" proxy label, but you're not using it yet.
Click on the pull-down list and select tor, as shown here:</p>

<img alt="switch to tor"
src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-switch.jpg" />

<p>Almost done. Click "Apply" to make your change take effect:</p>

<img alt="apply"
src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-apply.jpg" />

<p>Done! Firefox will reload your current page. In
this example screenshot, it reloaded the page and <a
href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#GoogleLanguage">happened
to get a German exit node</a>:</p>

<img alt="german google"
src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-german.jpg" />

<hr />
<a name="two"></a>
<h3>Step Three: Check if it works</h3>

<p>Now Firefox is using Privoxy as an HTTP proxy, Privoxy is using Tor as
a socks4a proxy, and Tor is making your connections to the Internet.</p>

<p>In the above example, it was clear that it worked because the web
page showed up in a different language. In other cases, though,
you'll want to verify that your setup is working. Do
<a href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-win32.html#verify">step four</a>
of the Windows Tor installation howto, or
<a href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-osx.html#verify">step three</a>
of the OS X Tor installation howto.</p>

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<p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please <a
href="mailto:tor-bugs@freehaven.net">send them to us</a>. Thanks!</p>

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