Questions tagged [configuration]
Questions about configuring Tor software.
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What percentage/ratio of entry nodes reside in 14 Eyes or NATO affiliated countries?
I spent a good amount of time editing my Tor configuration files to switch in between entry nodes and found that eventually after excluding all nodes, I was lastly routed through Kyrgyzstan. I only ...
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Does setting Tor Browser to “remember history” cause Tor Browser to violate any of the requirements in its design document?
Several answers to other questions recommend setting Tor Browser to “remember history” to, for example:
Save passwords.
Add permanent HTTPS certificates: answer 1, answer 2.
The last answer has a ...
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duckduckgo no longer working without javascript
Not sure if this is a problem for others or just that my own browser is not configured properly. But is anyone else unable to browse DuckDuckGo when they disable javascript/ turn security-level to ...
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How to use VPN with Tor browser?
There are many VPNs and some of them can be used with Tor network depending on the setup. There are two ways to use a VPN with the Tor browser. You can either connect to the VPN first and then the Tor ...
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Change homepage/new tab page
I know there have been posted some questions asking essentially the same. However, none of the fulfills my requirements.
I would simply like to modifiy TOR's homepage and new tab page to include a set ...
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How to use Tor for scripts?
Say I wrote a script that uses Internet connection. What's the right approach to redirect it to tor so I stay anonymous? Sorry for a silly question I'm new to Tor. Thank you.
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How can I play low latency FPS games over Tor?
Is there a way to play low latency type games over Tor? Or what solutions are there so far?
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How does Tor browser protect against fraudulent pages?
The Tor browser has a setting in about:preferences#privacy to block dangerous and deceptive content. This includes blocking dangerous downloads and warning the user about unwanted and uncommon ...
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Aren't old versions of Tor more stable at startup ? (Windows 64bit)
I was running newest Tor version and every time Tor starts and builds the network to connect it always fails, sometimes I had to restart 2 times to get Tor to build the network correctly, I remember ...
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How do I set a URL in TORRC file I keep getting index of it needs to point to the main directory
I am having an issue with routing my onion site to the right directory.
For instance, it is going to the index of or root directory of the FTP for the site and not the site itself.
Here are some ...
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How to force Tor Browser to use specific exit node for specific website
Some websites are able to detect that you are using Tor Browser and block your connection. The most well-known example is google.com, which will re-direct you to a Captcha page on most exit nodes. ...
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Can you have a setup with both VPN over Tor and Tor over VPN
Is it possible to first connect to a VPN (like NordVPN or another VPN which supports VPN over Tor) that is preconfigured for Tor and then connect to a VPN once you are browsing in Tor to encrypt both ...
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How to be more anonymous and safe on Tor
Is it possible to more anonymous and on Tor than this setup and browsing method:
Using Tails OS from USB which stores no data on hard drive
Using Tor browser on safest mode
Always automatically ...
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Private Tor network connection issue due to error in TLS handshake
I have tried to create a private Tor network by using Chutney and Raspberry pis. I generated torrc and certificate files in chutney for a basic minimum network (4 Authorities, 1 Client and 1 Exit). I ...
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Running a Tor Bridge Relay on Ubuntu
I am trying to set up a bridge relay on my ubuntu 20.04 system but getting stuck at step 3. Edit your Tor config file, usually located at /etc/tor/torrc and replace its content with:
When I open the ...
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torrc file for a private Directory Authority in Private Tor network
I am trying to build a private tor network using raspberry pis. As a start, I am trying to emulate the basic-min network configuration (4 Authorities(also works as non-exit relays), 1 Exit, 1 Client) ...
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Why can't I connect through tor when I can connect through tor browser?
I am trying to use tor on Windows to access Imgur which is blocked in my country, now when I try to use Tor Browser with obfs4 everything seems fine but when I try to use only tor somehow I can't ...
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HTTPS Everywhere doesn't work all the time
I tried to access http://uniquemachine.org and tor-browser/HTTPSeverywhere-add-on reached it without warning me.
Would you know why ?
How to automatically warn me at every single http:// i'm trying to ...
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Sync a machine's firefox bookmarks to a tor browser
Is there a way to periodically pull a linux machine's firefox bookmarks to a linux tor browser ?
I mean pull and not sync because I want the URL ending in .onion that I saved in tor browser to stay ...
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How can I analyze Tor traffic on my relay?
I'm doing a research on Onion routing (Tor). I've successfully set up a middle relay for the purpose of analyzing Tor traffic. I'd like to:
See all circuits that my relay is currently part of
See &...
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Is it possable to manulaly log tor with journalctl
I am trying to log tor with the following command:
journalctl -f -u tor@default.service | echo < log.tor.txt
Is there anything that I should change?
Is this possible with journalctl? should I see ...
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Setting country using command line in standalone tor distribution
My goal is to run tor as a socks proxy, mimicking user from Switzerland (on Windows).
With "Tor Browser" distribution I was able to set country using torrc file by adding:
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Tor unable to read /etc/tor/torrc and isn't saving log on /var/log/tor
I just installed Tor on my server and am still using default torrc. It's Ubuntu 20.04.
systemctl reports it's active, but ps doesn't list it. /var/log/tor is empty, its permissions is
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How to run multiple Tor browser instances on Windows?
I am trying to run multiple instances of Tor Browser on Windows with different torrc configuration and different ip addresses.
Tor Browser version: 10
OS: Windows 7
I have modified torrc file with ...
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Force Tor to use WiFi internet connection only (macOS)
I use 2 independent internet connections at home, one is only available on the ethernet cable and the other through Wifi. For normal browsing I use the ethernet cable, which is my primary source of ...
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Obsf4 bridges with ipv6 support?
Where can I find obfs4 bridges with ipv6 support for Tails?
This link doesn't work:
https://bridges.torproject.org/options
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Creating private and isolated Tor network using raspberry pis
I am thinking about setting up a private Tor network isolated from the Internet. My plan is to connect about 10 raspberry pis to an ethernet switch. I would run a client, a hidden service in two ...
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Determining circuit tor client is using
One can get a list of circuits available for the tor client to use via the ControlPort. Here is the link to a python script someone wrote to get the list of circuits enter link description here
Is it ...
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How to preserve my relay history?
I have tor exit relay, that i run a few months. Currently, i migrate to different server and want to preserve my fingerprint, my history (so i dont have to wait 2 weeks as its not really a new relay). ...
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How to configure Haproxy to work with Tor on a VPS?
Haproxy is already installed on the server.
My torrc configuration.
HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/OS/
HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:8040
HiddenServiceVersion 3
ControlPort 9051
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How to configure tor to run on arch?
Tor used to run on arch
but nowadays I get error related to a $HOME and /vra/tor being readonly:
Dec 11 19:46:53 janus tor[915774]: Dec 11 19:46:53.173 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:...
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how to configure exit relay geo location or country code?
If I'm setting up an exit relay, how do you specify the geo location or 2-letter country code of my exit relay? or how does the authority server know the geo location of a new exit relay?
It is my ...
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How to load user profile in tbselenium
from tbselenium.tbdriver import TorBrowserDriver
driver = TorBrowserDriver("Downloads/tor-browser_en-US/")
driver.get('https://www.google.com')
What is the correct way to load the user-...
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Reverse Tor For Incoming Connections
Is it possible to make all incoming internet connections to go thru Tor first before getting registered on that machines logs?
Say I cannot install Tor on the machine I am working on, "Machine X&...
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Managed proxy '/usr/bin/obfs4proxy' did not configure the specified outgoing proxy and will be terminated
Lately I have been trying to set up an obfs4 bridge on local area network.When running tor service,the log would show some message like this and the obfs4 loaded failed.What should i do?
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Tor Browser failed to start under Selenium
Trying to connect to tor via selenium for the first time. Using Windows 7 64 ...Getting this error code..
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Process unexpectedly closed with ...
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Tor fails to bootstrap when SOCKSPORT set to anything but localhost
I have a server on the LAN that hosts a few minor Tor hidden services. I'd like it to also allow connections from the LAN to allow other computers on the LAN to use the SOCKSPORT rather than each one ...
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Cannot change torrc - file keeps getting overwritten
I want to add custom settings to my torrc file, but every time I start the Tor Browser Bundle, the contents get reset. How do I make the changes permanent?
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What is best Practices for Hosting Tor Onion Hidden Service?
I want to host Tor onion hidden service, I want to know what is the best technique to host it, can someone helps me with the below questions
What is the best server operating system for hosting Tor ...
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privoxy/tor/python 503 SOCKS5 TTL expired
i'm trying to access hidden-service through python:
import requests proxies = {'http': 'http://127.0.0.1:8118', 'https': 'http://127.0.0.1:8118'} s = requests.Session() r = s.get("http://...
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Shutterstock sends “406 Not Acceptable”
When I visit a specific webpage with Tor, I received the following error:
406 Not Acceptable
openresty
Does anybody understand what this means and how I can get around it? I do not receive this ...
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How do you edit torrc file while in TAILS?
I have been running TAILs with the TOR browser already installed in the system. When trying to access "torrc" file which is located in etc/tor it constantly refuses to allow it to be edited ...
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Republish Hidden Service Descriptor to HSDir
Someone thought it would be funny to ddos my hidden service. Now my .onion domain after days of ddos stopping, and stop > start the tor service doesn't want to display. How do I republish my onion ...
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What to do to access Tor Network when Tor browser can't contact bridges and relays?
Please, can anyone help me? I am born a Chinese, but I am an outsider among the Chinese, I don't like China very much, in fact I hate it. So I am in China, I am behind the Great FireWall of China, ...
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Someone put torrc other one torcc. Why?
I couldn't find torcc or torrc, at anywhere. I use a Catalina Mac version 10.15.7, but i can't find anyone that file.
Someone could help me?
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How to configure Tor/TorBrowser to NOT use localhost?
NordVPN uses a TAP adapter, and Comodo Firewall allows you to create rules that only allows traffic originating from the MAC address of a TAP adapter.
I don't see any way to configure Comodo to ensure ...
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How to configure tor/torrc correctly to use tor as HTTP proxy?
In my torrc config (pastebin) I use: HTTPTunnelPort 8118 for configure HTTP proxy listener on 8118 port, right?
I also use latest Windows 10 2004 19041.508 and Tor 0.4.4.5. In Windows 10 proxy ...
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View tor full-page
when I open tor in full page I see a kind of giant footer instead of the classic bar at the bottom, please viw my attached image (tage here). do you know how to remove or how I can decrease the size?
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connect two server via tor
if we have two server let's say server1(92.92.92.92) server2(76.76.76.76).
I'm working on redirect incoming traffic on server1 port 4444 to server2 port 12345,this is easy with iptables rule on ...
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How to Configure onionbalance backend instances for dynamic content sites like forums?
I just read through much of the docs and searched online but still have the following important question: How to configure onionbalance backend instances for dynamic content sites. It is very ...
