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@@ -188,23 +188,25 @@ the source for the latest version
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default configuration file, and most people won't need to change any of
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the settings.</p>
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-<p>After installing Tor, you should install <a
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+<p>
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+After installing Tor, you should install <a
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href="http://www.privoxy.org/">privoxy</a>, which is a filtering web
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-proxy that integrates well with Tor. Add the line <br>
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+proxy that integrates well with Tor. (If you installed the Win32 or OS
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+X package, see those instructions instead.)
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+To configure privoxy to use Tor, add the line <br>
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<tt>forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .</tt><br>
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(don't forget the dot) to privoxy's config file (you can just add it to the
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top). Then change your browser to http proxy at localhost port 8118.
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(In Mozilla, this is in Edit|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies.)
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You should also set your SSL proxy to the same
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thing, to hide your SSL traffic. Using privoxy is <b>necessary</b> because
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-<a href="http://tor.eff.org/cvs/tor/doc/CLIENTS">Mozilla leaks your
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-DNS requests when it uses a SOCKS proxy directly</a>. Privoxy also gives
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+<a href="http://tor.eff.org/cvs/tor/doc/CLIENTS">most browsers leak your
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+DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>. Privoxy also gives
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you good html scrubbing.</p>
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-
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<p>To test if it's working, you need to know your normal IP address so you can
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verify that the address really changes when running Tor.
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-If you are using Linux or OSX your local IP address is shown by the <tt>ifconfig</tt>
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+If you are using Linux or OS X your local IP address is shown by the <tt>ifconfig</tt>
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command. Under Windows go to the Start menu, click Run and enter <tt>cmd</tt>.
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At the command prompt, enter <tt>ipconfig</tt>. If you are behind a NAT/Firewall
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you can use one of the sites listed below to check which IP you are using.
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@@ -216,7 +218,7 @@ If everything works, your IP address should have changed.
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<!--<a href="http://peertech.org/privacy-knoppix/">peertech</a>, -->
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<a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a> and
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<a href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid.shat.net</a>
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-are sites that basically shows your present IP so you can see
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+are sites that show your current IP so you can see
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what address and country you're coming from.
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</p>
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@@ -283,8 +285,8 @@ you will need to copy torrc.sample to torrc first. Look for them in
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</ul>
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Make sure to define at least Nickname and ORPort.
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Create the DataDirectory if necessary, and make
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-sure it's owned by the user that will be running tor. Fix your system
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-clock so it's not too far off. Make sure name resolution works.
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+sure it's owned by the user that will be running tor.
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+Make sure name resolution works.
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<li>2. If you are using a firewall, open a hole in your firewall so
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incoming connections can reach the ports you configured (i.e. ORPort,
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plus DirPort if you enabled it). Make sure you allow outgoing connections,
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