|
|
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ you've got it running.</p>
|
|
|
default configuration file, and most people won't need to change any of
|
|
|
the settings.</p>
|
|
|
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
<p>The only setting you might need to change is "SocksBindAddress".
|
|
|
By default, your Tor client only listens for applications that connect
|
|
|
from localhost. Connections from other computers are refused. If you
|
|
|
@@ -176,32 +177,41 @@ want to torify applications on different computers than the Tor client,
|
|
|
you should copy torrc.sample to torrc (it's installed by default
|
|
|
to /usr/local/etc/tor/), change the SocksBindAddress line to
|
|
|
0.0.0.0, and then hup or restart Tor.</p>
|
|
|
+-->
|
|
|
|
|
|
-<p>To test if it's working, point your browser
|
|
|
-to socks4 or socks5 proxy at localhost port 9050. In
|
|
|
-Mozilla, this is in edit|preferences|advanced|proxies. Go to <a
|
|
|
-href="http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy">http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy</a>
|
|
|
-and see what IP it says you're coming from. (If you have a personal
|
|
|
-firewall, be sure to allow local connections to port 9050. If your
|
|
|
-firewall blocks outgoing connections, punch a hole so it can connect to
|
|
|
-TCP *:9001-9004 and *:9030-9033. If you're using Safari as your browser,
|
|
|
-keep in mind that OS X before 10.3 claims to support socks but does
|
|
|
-not.)</p>
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-<p>Once you've tested that it works, you should install <a
|
|
|
+<p>After installing Tor, you should install <a
|
|
|
href="http://www.privoxy.org/">privoxy</a>, which is a filtering web
|
|
|
proxy that integrates well with Tor. Add the line <br>
|
|
|
<tt>forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .</tt><br>
|
|
|
(don't forget the dot) to privoxy's config file (you can just add it to the
|
|
|
-top). Then change your mozilla to http proxy at localhost port 8118
|
|
|
-(and no socks proxy). You should also set your SSL proxy to the same
|
|
|
-thing, to hide your https traffic. Using privoxy is necessary because
|
|
|
+top). Then change your browser to http proxy at localhost port 8118.
|
|
|
+(In Mozilla, this is in Edit|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies. In IE, it's
|
|
|
+Tools|Internet Options|Connections|LAN Settings|Advanced.)
|
|
|
+You should also set your SSL proxy (IE calls it "Secure") to the same
|
|
|
+thing, to hide your SSL traffic. Using privoxy is <b>necessary</b> because
|
|
|
<a href="http://tor.freehaven.net/cvs/tor/doc/CLIENTS">Mozilla leaks your
|
|
|
DNS requests when it uses a socks proxy directly</a>. Privoxy also gives
|
|
|
you good html scrubbing.</p>
|
|
|
|
|
|
-<p>You might want to use Tor with an application that doesn't
|
|
|
-support socks or http directly. In this case, you should look at
|
|
|
+<p>To test if it's working, go to <a
|
|
|
+href="http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy">http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy</a>
|
|
|
+and see what IP it says you're coming from.
|
|
|
+</p>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+<p>
|
|
|
+If you have a personal firewall, be sure to allow local connections to
|
|
|
+port 8118 and port 9050. If your firewall blocks outgoing connections,
|
|
|
+punch a hole so it can connect to TCP ports 80, 443, and 9001-9033.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+using Safari as your browser, keep in mind that OS X before 10.3 claims
|
|
|
+to support socks but does not. -->
|
|
|
+For more troubleshooting suggestions, see <a
|
|
|
+href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ">the FAQ</a>.
|
|
|
+</p>
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+<p>To Torify an application that supports http, just point it at
|
|
|
+Privoxy. To use socks directly, point it at localhost port 9050. For
|
|
|
+applications that support neither socks nor http, you should look at
|
|
|
using <a href="http://tsocks.sourceforge.net/">tsocks</a>
|
|
|
to dynamically replace the system calls in your program to
|
|
|
route through Tor. If you want to use socks4a, consider using <a
|
Roger Dingledine