Questions tagged [configuration]
Questions about configuring Tor software.
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How to use only the fastest relays?
I have heard that in Tor it is possible to increase the speed by using only the fastest relays. However, I did not find anything like this in the instructions. How can i do this?
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Is it possible to use Tor without Tor network?
I like the feature subset Tor has from firefox and the hardened settings. I also like the IP hiding I get when using Tor for personal browsing. Sometimes however, the Tor network gets in the way when ...
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Tor daemon is frozenn ( Rend stream is 120 seconds late.)
Good day, i have some problem with tor daemon on Linux.
i use tor daemon to proxy access some site, but periodic tor is frozen, and can't proxy requests.
in logs i seee only this.
Oct 07 02:29:54 Tor[...
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Tor stuck on "Bootstrapped 10%" on macOS
I’m experiencing a problem with tor on macOs. I installed tor with
$ brew install tor.
When I launch it with
$ /usr/local/opt/tor/bin/tor
I get stuck at 10%, e.g.,
Oct 06 16:20:18.299 [notice] Tor ...
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Tor connection issue with proxychains
So I'm new to learning tor and proxychains and while I was trying to figure out why proxychains aren't working, I think there's issue with connecting to tor.
tor service status
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What precautions should I take if I want to use Tor to hide my traffic from my University?
I am student at university and use university internet. I am interested in using Tor to prevent my university from seeing what sites I visit and what I am doing on those sites. As I understand it now, ...
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One site will not load on TOR
I have used TOR for a while now, and I have no problems, except it is a bit slow to load pages, which is fine.
www.netspend.com/activation is a site to activate a VISA debit card, which I want to ...
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Access ORPort via tailscale
I'm trying to setup Tor Exit Node but I'm behind CG-NAT. I came across the idea of port-forwarding my local ORPort to a VPS which has Public IP and is accessible to world.
For communication between my ...
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The first time I started tor through the terminal, it got stuck at 5%, but clicking on the tor software worked. In China
Sep 15 20:59:48.986 [notice] Tor v0.2.4.27 (git-412e3f7dc9c6c01a) running on Linux with Libevent 2.0.21-stable and OpenSSL 1.0.1f.
Sep 15 20:59:48.986 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! ...
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Burpsuite and Tor browser problem
I set http / https proxy as 127.0.0.1 / 8080 in tor browser and set socks proxy as 127.0.0.1 / 9150 in burpsuite. But whenever i click 'connect' in tb, it doesn't work. what is wrong???
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I clicked open instead of save and now I can't play the file I downloaded from Tor (Mac)
I just dowloaded the LOTR trilogy and clicked open with VLC Media player instead of saving and when I closed TOR the movie stopped playing. I see "The Fellowship of the Ring" in my recently ...
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Tor doesn't work until I run "Tor" in the terminal
Tor@default.service fails to run and journalctl -eu tor@default outputs this - https://campfirebg.eu5.org/upload/log.txt
Any help?
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Tor doesn't read the torrc file
When I tried to create a .onion service by modifying the torrc file, nothing happened. I mean nothing. The official website says that if tor is not starting then there is a problem. Well tor is ...
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Is it possible to use built-in bridges or automatically request them for the tor daemon in Linux? (Not Tor Browser)
I want to use obfs4 proxy to connect tor through it. It is not a Tor Browser.
I know that Tor Browser provides options to use built-in bridges or request them online, but to use it in tor daemon I ...
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Can I provide Tor non-exit node while using same Tor as SOCKS proxy?
I'm using Tor for localhost SOCKS proxy and I want to provide Tor non-exit node using same torrc file.
ORPort 443
Exitpolicy reject *:*
Nickname ieditedtheconfig
ContactInfo human@...
AccountingStart ...
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Ajax request from firefox extension in tor browser
For the sake of a better understanding on how tor interally works, If I write a firefox extension (not an add-on), that does some ajax calls to some url (for example, 127.0.0.1, or some external ...
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How to build and install Tor from the source code from Git repository?
I want to build Tor from source code. Also, I was wondering if this source builds just the Tor service, or it includes the Tor Browser itself?
If not, how can the Tor service that I built and ...
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Node.js in a hidden service?
Is it safe to use Node.js as the backend language of a hidden service?
Or is it a poor choice when compared to languages such as PHP and/or Python?
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When the domain is called, port 8080 is attached?
I am trying to create a hidden service in TOR this due to learning reasons.
It all seems to work fine when I want to use this normally with HTML.
But as soon as I want to install a dynamic web ...
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Is this the most current way of setting up TOR on Android?
I am in the process of getting TOR browser installed & setup on an LG Android phone. Here is what I've done so far...
I was first using Orbot & Inbrowser, but for various reasons I have ...
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I cant get ExitNodes { } working
I've come across a bunch of posts covering this, with answers ranging from "update tor" to "this feature got removed"... and none of them helped me.
I run tor in alpine docker, ...
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Is it possible running several hidden services in same server but using different Tor processes?
I am aware that you can run different server instances on the same server but, as far as I know, they are sharing the same tor process.
Let's see I have a server with 8 cpu cores and 16GB RAM and i ...
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Tor client fails when making bulk requests in a short period of time
I have a list of more than 16,000 thousand up to date active onion domains and I'm trying to download each page with parallel requests through python with tor client as the proxy. All requests take ...
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Tor trying to connect to a deleted bridge
I noticed some old bridges and deleted them. Tor still tries to connect to them.
Is there any place that tor reaches the bridge beside etc/tor/torrc?
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Tor Broswer does not have permission to enter the profile
I downloaded Tor browser but every time i attempt to launch it all i get is this message:
"Tor Browser does not have permission to enter the profile. Please adjust you file system settings and ...
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How to know IP address of exit node while hosting a tor service?
I'm following this official link to setup tor service. It's up and running as expected. Problem is I'm not able to get any public IP address to my app.
I'm running fastapi + nginx + tor. Tor forwards ...
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Relay startup 'scrubbed' message
My relay was running continuously 40 days on a digital Ocean droplet running Ubuntu 20.4 when it suddenly crashed. I monitor the relay using putty and NYX. At 11pm I checked the relay and it was ...
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Using Tor over IPv6
Can someone explain what I have to configure to get tor working over ipv6 on client-side?
$ torify telnet -6 www.google.com 80
telnet: could not resolve www.google.com/80: Non-recoverable failure in ...
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How to re-install tor source code
I have been facing a problem with Tor. It gets stuck at start-up Tor stuck at start-up. I downloaded Tor from GitHub link-https://github.com/torproject/tor.git. I am guessing maybe re-installing Tor ...
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Tor ExitNodes not working in the torrc?
I'm new to Tor and installed it and torsocks on a fresh ubuntu machine. I've set up and configured the torrc file with the following parameters:
ExitNodes A0C59410B9030AC1385C4CA44C8DBFE13AF4BC9B
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Why do I get connected to TOR nodes that I excluded in TORRC?
I'm testing the TOR browser bundle and I keep getting connected to exit nodes in countries that I've explicitly excluded in my torrc:
StrictNodes 1
ExcludeExitNodes {ad},{ar},{au},{at},{bs},{by},{be},...
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want to relocate the tabs bar from the top (just below menu bar) to the bottom of the screen (just above the windows bar)?
currently the tabs bar is at the top of the screen, just below the menu toolbar.
i would like to relocate it near the bottom of the screen, just above the taskbar.
how might it be done?
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obfs4proxy error
Ubuntu 20.4 - Digital Ocean Droplet Tor Bridge Relay
[WARN] Pluggable Transport process terminated with status code 256
Anyone have a suggestion for the solution of this tor bridge puzzle?
As a relay ...
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Configuring Firefox Private Browsing to use the Tor network?
Is it possible to configure Firefox's private browsing mode to always uses the Tor network? My goal is just to hide my IP address with Tor, not to be anonymous (similar to Brave's Private Window with ...
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Multiple hidden services on one server
How is it that I can host multiple (static) hidden services on one server?
I am just needing 3 simple and static HTML sites with their own .onion?
If I add multiple HiddenServiceDir do they have to be ...
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Tor Unexpectedly Exited (Windows 10)
I don't know why this is happening and I can be sure that it's not Windows Defender because Disk C is excluded so it can't do anything. I've tried resetting my PC and nothing have changed, I think I'...
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Tor on Android, is it even secure?
While I made some good experiences using Tor on Tails, I was wondering if using Tor on Android makes any sense at all, as I have been strongly advised against using it.
After spending some hours ...
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Tor stuck at start-up
I have been using Tor for while. It was working fine but today it refuses to start. It gets stuck here (at start-up):
Apr 29 08:06:14.918 [notice] Tor 0.4.4.0-alpha-dev (git-b6e60f26dd04fa4f) running ...
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How to correctly read the control port when Tor is started with `--ControlPort auto --ControlPortWriteToFile <TEMPORARY_PATH>`?
It is possible to start Tor with the following arguments (or parameters in Tor's config file):
--ControlPort auto --ControlPortWriteToFile <TEMPORARY_FILE_PATH>>
So Tor writes to <...
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Tor.services refusing to run on archlinux
I just did a full upgrade on my archlinux and now for some reason I can't get
systemctl start tor.service
to run. I can use the tor browser without this, but I usually need this service up before ...
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Where to find the latest Tor browser design and implementation?
Usually, I use the Tor browser and implementation document located here: https://torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/. However, this webpage only shows the design and implementation for Tor ...
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Any tor users who are looking to run relays on Windows?
So this is a tool I made which allows easy operation of tor relays on Windows. Made for people who have Windows but want to run relay without pain of Linux VM.
Features:
Auto installs tor and keeps up ...
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Which of my torrc files do I need to edit to exclude 14 eyes
I am having an issue in regards to what torrc file that I need to edit to exclude certain nodes for exit countries in my torrc files. For Ex. if I want to exclude the 14 eyes which of my torrc files ...
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UFW Rules and Tor
Would the following rules still allow Tor or would I need to add something? Also running DNScrypt with 1.1.1.1 in case that matters and I would also like to use a bridge.
~$ sudo ufw allow out on <...
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sanitize using policies.json
I am trying to set up a policies.json file and I can't get the sanitize option to work. I want it to clear download history but that isn't working. It isn't showing up under about:policies and when I ...
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Have both a tor-less tor browser and a regular tor browser
I would like to use the Tor browser, without the Tor Proxy and at the same time, still being able to use the regular Tor browser, Tor Proxy included.
On both Ubuntu and Windows, I cannot run two ...
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V2 Domain RSA Private not working
I'm trying to connecting venify v2 domain with tor hidden_service. I'm using eschalot and shallot for generate domains. but when I change domain name in hostname and replace private_key. It stop ...
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Encrypted DNS without Tor Browser Bundle
If using Tor and NOT Tor Browser Bundle, do you need to encrypt your dns or is setting your DNS on router to Cloudflare DNS sufficient?
wanting to obfuscate all DNS from view of ISP
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Tor browser's default theme uses os's color scheme. Is it fine? Can this be used for fingerprinting?
Tor browser's default theme uses os's color scheme. Just like firefox. If os is set to dark grey colors lets say, tor uses the same palette. If os is set to shades of black, tor uses the same palette ...
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Blank white screen pop-up when attempting to download files [Linux-specific]
Example: download image(s)
Attempting to download files using Tor results in the following "white screen of death" to appear:
and the only way to rid of this "pop-up", if I may ...
