The Tor Installation Guide¶
author: | linea, jozee, mojo |
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This guide allows you to use the anonymous TOR network with most web browsers and command line tools such as wget. Begin by installing TOR:
# tazpkg get-install tor
# tazpkg get-install privoxy
# echo 'forward-socks5t / 127.0.0.1:9050 .' >> /etc/privoxy/config
# sed -r '/RUN_DAEMONS/s/(" *)$/ privoxy\1/' -i /etc/rcS.conf
# /etc/init.d/privoxy start
You can use Vidalia to start and configure tor, the proxy server is launched automatically when the SliTaz system boots. Once installed, you will find Vidalia in the
. To configure preferences via the proxy server with the following values:Proxy address: | 127.0.0.1 |
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Port: | 8118 |
and the path to the configuration file: /home/USER/.config/torrc
(changing USER
by User name).
# tazpkg get-install vidalia
# exit
$ cp /etc/tor/torrc ~/.config
Use Bridges to get tor working if the above options are not working.
# echo '
UseBridges 1
UpdateBridgesFromAuthority 1
bridge 66.160.141.98:6085 ' >> ~/.config/torrc
Verification and Advice¶
For more added security; do not launch TOR via the ‘root’ user, Vidalia is perfect for this (or the command line). To check your current browser with TOR: https://check.torproject.org/