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I followed this method on FreeBSD, however, I receive the following errors and I'm not sure why:

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The only change made on default tor config file is to uncomment the following line on /usr/local/etc/tor/torrc:

## Uncomment this to start the process in the background... or use
## --runasdaemon 1 on the command line. This is ignored on Windows;
## see the FAQ entry if you want Tor to run as an NT service.
RunAsDaemon 1

The only change made on default privoxy config file was to add the following lines to /usr/local/etc/privoxy/config:

### Set the listen address to 127.0.0.1:8118
listen-address  127.0.0.1:8118
### forward privoxy to TOR
forward-socks4a / 127.0.0.1:9050 .
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  • Did you set 'SocksPort' in your torrc?
    – SuperSluether
    Sep 30, 2016 at 12:54
  • @SuperSluether In torrc it is mentioned that Tor opens a SOCKS proxy on port 9050 by default -- even if you don't configure one below. However, even when commenting out SOCKSPort 9050 , I get the same Privoxy 503 error.
    – Megidd
    Sep 30, 2016 at 12:57
  • I just set up Privoxy myself, and you seem to have incorrect syntax. To forward Privoxy to Tor, you need to use forward-socks5t, not forward-socks4a. privoxy.org/faq/misc.html#TOR
    – SuperSluether
    Sep 30, 2016 at 13:20
  • @SuperSluether Actually, after modifying usr/local/etc/privoxy/config statement to forward-socks5t / 127.0.0.1:9050 . and restarting both tor and privoxy services, I received the same Privoxy 503 error.
    – Megidd
    Sep 30, 2016 at 13:55
  • @SuperSluether I feel like the ISP doesn't allow direct access to tor network. Therefore, looks like I need to use bridges/obfs4, I'm not sure how
    – Megidd
    Sep 30, 2016 at 17:19

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Well, currently I'm using tor with chromium on freeBSD and it works fine. Just do the following steps:

Install tor on FreeBSD:

$ sudo pkg install tor

Install obfs proxy:

$ sudo pkg install obfsproxy

Add the following lines to /usr/local/etc/tor/torrc:

ClientTransportPlugin obfs3 exec /usr/local/bin/obfsproxy managed
ServerTransportPlugin obfs2,obfs3 exec /usr/local/bin/obfsproxy managed

Start tor on FreeBSD:

$ tor
Aug 17 10:31:14.954 [notice] Tor 0.3.0.10 (git-c33db290a9d8d0f9) running on FreeBSD with Libevent 2.1.8-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.1t-freebsd and Zlib 1.2.8.
Aug 17 10:31:14.954 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
Aug 17 10:31:14.955 [notice] Read configuration file "/usr/local/etc/tor/torrc".
Aug 17 10:31:14.975 [notice] Tor is not configured as a relay but you specified a ServerTransportPlugin line ("obfs2,obfs3 exec /usr/local/bin/obfsproxy managed"). The ServerTransportPlugin line will be ignored.
Aug 17 10:31:14.990 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
Aug 17 10:31:15.000 [notice] Parsing GEOIP IPv4 file /usr/local/share/tor/geoip.
Aug 17 10:31:15.000 [notice] Parsing GEOIP IPv6 file /usr/local/share/tor/geoip6.
Aug 17 10:31:16.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 0%: Starting
Aug 17 10:31:17.000 [notice] Starting with guard context "default"
Aug 17 10:31:17.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 80%: Connecting to the Tor network
Aug 17 10:31:18.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 85%: Finishing handshake with first hop
Aug 17 10:31:19.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 90%: Establishing a Tor circuit
Aug 17 10:31:20.000 [notice] Tor has successfully opened a circuit. Looks like client functionality is working.
Aug 17 10:31:20.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 100%: Done

Now, run chromium with tor proxy server:

$ /usr/local/bin/chrome --proxy-server="socks5://127.0.0.1:9050" --host-resolver-rules="MAP * 0.0.0.0, EXCLUDE 127.0.0.1"
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