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  11. <h1>Installing SwitchProxy for <a href="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</a></h1>
  12. <p>
  13. SwitchProxy is a Firefox plugin that makes it easy for you to switch
  14. between using a proxy and connecting to websites directly.</p>
  15. <p>In this howto, you're going to set up SwitchProxy to let you change
  16. between using Privoxy and a direct connection. We assume you already
  17. have Firefox installed and working.</p>
  18. <hr />
  19. <a name="zero"></a>
  20. <h3>Step Zero: Download and Install Tor and Privoxy</h3>
  21. <p>Before you start, you need to do <a
  22. href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-win32.html#installing">step one</a>
  23. and <a href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-win32.html#privoxy">step
  24. two</a> of the Tor installation howto. When you're done, Tor will be up
  25. and running, Privoxy will be up and running, and Privoxy will be configured
  26. to point to Tor.</p>
  27. <hr />
  28. <a name="one"></a>
  29. <h3>Step One: Download and Install SwitchProxy</h3>
  30. <p>SwitchProxy is a Firefox plugin, so you need to go through
  31. the process of installing a new plugin. First, go to the <a
  32. href="https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=125">
  33. SwitchProxy</a> web page. It looks like this -- click on the "Install
  34. Now" button.</p>
  35. <img alt="switchproxy web page"
  36. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-webpage.jpg" />
  37. <p>It will pop up a window asking for permission to install the plugin.
  38. Click on "Install Now":
  39. </p>
  40. <img alt="firefox plugin warning"
  41. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-plugin-starting.jpg" />
  42. <p>Once the installer is finished, it will tell you that you SwitchProxy
  43. will be working once you restart Firefox:</p>
  44. <img alt="firefox plugin finished"
  45. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-plugin-finished.jpg" />
  46. <hr />
  47. <a name="two"></a>
  48. <h3>Step Two: Configure SwitchProxy</h3>
  49. <p>Now restart your Firefox. You'll notice there's now a new toolbar
  50. that lets you control your proxies. Now we're going to set up a proxy
  51. configuration for Privoxy. Click on "add":</p>
  52. <img alt="new toolbar"
  53. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-toolbar.jpg" />
  54. <p>It will ask to select a proxy type. Choose "Standard." (There's also
  55. an "anonymous" proxy type that uses an ad hoc set of anonymous proxies
  56. out there. You don't want this -- Tor is better.)</p>
  57. <img alt="standard proxy"
  58. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-proxytype.jpg" />
  59. <p>Now it will show you the standard proxy config window for Firefox.
  60. Give this configuration a proxy label of "tor". Then fill in "localhost"
  61. and "8118" for the first two entries, as shown here. Then click "OK":</p>
  62. <img alt="proxy config"
  63. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-proxyconfig.jpg" />
  64. <p>Now you've created the "tor" proxy label, but you're not using it yet.
  65. Click on the pull-down list and select tor, as shown here:</p>
  66. <img alt="switch to tor"
  67. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-switch.jpg" />
  68. <p>Almost done. It may look like you're using Tor now, but you need to
  69. click "Apply" to make your change take effect:</p>
  70. <img alt="apply"
  71. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-apply.jpg" />
  72. <p>Done! Firefox will reload your current page. In this example screenshot,
  73. it reloaded google.com and happened to get a German exit node:</p>
  74. <img alt="german google"
  75. src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-german.jpg" />
  76. <hr />
  77. <p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please <a
  78. href="mailto:tor-bugs@freehaven.net">send them to us</a>. Thanks!</p>
  79. <p>$Id$</p>
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