Questions tagged [configuration]
Questions about configuring Tor software.
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I'd like to give my website an onion address and make it Tor-accessible, while using TailsOS. How would I do that?
I would like to give my website an onion address and make it Tor accessible, while using TailsOS. Its currently on clearnet. How would I go about doing that?
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Is there a graphical interface for Windows to run Tor Browser using specific list of ExitNodes rather than editing torrc every time?
I wonder if there is a graphical interface for Windows to run Tor Browser using specific list of ExitNodes rather than editing torrc every time?
There are too many steps to perform this. Too bad that ...
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Disconnect after X minutes inactivity?
I read somewhere its not a good idea to remain connected to TOR network for long periods of time because it gives an attackers more opportunity to de-anonymize.
The machine I am using is unatttended ...
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How to force 2020 version of Tor to exit specific country
I need to configure my Tor to exit US. I've read lots of tips from various web sites. In general, they all say to edit the torrc file and add ExitNodes {us} .
It does not work. If I go to something ...
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firewall blocking tor browser on windows 10 pro
getting the homepage for less than a second before gah tab crashed error shows on tor browser 9.5.4 on windows 10 pro with quick heal antivirus. It works on linux vm on my pc and win10p on another pc ...
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How to setup email server for my Tor Hidden Service?
I'm wanting to setup an SMTP server for my tor hidden service. I'm assuming doing so would be as simple as setting up a normal email server and just giving its domain name as the hostname for however ...
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How to configure Tor for accepting cookies, 3rd party cookies and so on like no private normal FF
Tor is iteresting for me for getting different IP.
How to get menues in Tor browser like on normal FF Browser? Thats because I like to configure surfing without private mode and accepting cookies, ...
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How to find point of failure in Nginx served hidden service?
I'm trying to test creating a prototype hidden service with nginx on Debian.
The torrc file appears to be correct, has no problem being parsed by tor and the tor service is 100% boostrapped and ...
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Tor /var/lib/tor permissions
Doing ls -l /var/lib/tor I get the following:
Permissions user user
There are 14 more just like it. Is this normal? And if not,
How do I remove them? Thanks for any help!
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Migrating a service from its v2 address to a new v3 one
I'm running a bitcoin node behind a v2 onion address. I'd like to migrate its traffic to a different, v3 address.
Is there a way that my peers can be notified of such a change so they learn that ...
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“Problem Loading Page” when visiting my own page
I have decided to try hosting a hidden service in the TOR network, but every time I try to visit it through a separate machine through the TOR browser client I get a Problem Loading Page error:
It ...
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How do I open external links from within newsboat (RSS reader) in an already open instance of Tor Browser?
I already checked out a similar question, but it's obsolete and didn't quite help me, hence I'm creating a new one.
I tried passing arguments to start-tor-browser, firefox and even torbrowser-launcher ...
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Environment variables in torrc file
Is it possible to use environment variables in the torrc file ?
My use case: automatically set a list of exit nodes and reload the Tor service.
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Is my torrc safe to use?
My torrc:
RunAsDaemon 1
UpdateBridgesFromAuthority 1
UseBridges 1
#TestSocks 1
SafeSocks 1
ClientTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/local/bin/obfs4proxy
Bridge obfs4 84.38.65.174:46422 ...
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Tor client node ignores `set_config` from Stem
I was doing some experiments for a project on a Tor test network. I used Chutney to set up a small network and Stem to control one of the client nodes in the network. Because I made some changes on a ...
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How can I configure android Tor browser version 9.5 to use my prefered exitnodes?
I have already attempted to A: Change torrc file located at /data/data/org.torproject.torbrowser/app_torservice/torrc, but this file is rewritten at app launch. B: Do the same but 'live', (i.e. ...
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What is the difference between the Tor browser initiated by Firefox v68.9.0esr and Brave Version 1.10.97 Chromium: 83.0?
I'm using Tor browser initiated through Firefox v68.9.0esr and Brave Version 1.10.97 Chromium: 83.0 interchangeably for quite some time now.
While automating I'm able to able to start a Mozilla based ...
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Asterisk VoIP Server over OpenVPN in Tor Hidden Service
Evening.
Generate encryption keys with OpenSSL.
OpenVPN server openvpn.conf configuration file:
mode server
tls-server
dev tun
proto tcp-server
port 1194
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.0.0
ca /vpn/ca.crt
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Tor Browser Data Files
I want to know what the difference between the torrc file & the torrc-defaults file is, seeing in the verbose output it says both are read when I start my browser.
I also want to know the purpose ...
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two or more onion domains on the same vps
I installed a few onion domains: in /etc/torrc and /var/lib/tor/hidden_services.... on the same port and configured one virtual host on nginx for these domains (same document root). Usually all the ...
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Instructions for bridges do not match the browser tools
There are a few places in the user manuals that talk about bridges. Three different methods of using bridges are mentioned, however, only one of them works. I have looked exhaustively and have been ...
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Configure “host -> ssh(encrypted socks5 proxy) -> Tor -> destination” on Whonix
The goal is to create an encrypted connection all the way between host and tor exit node,
while hiding the use of tor from the host isp and masking host network activity as ssh encrypted traffic when ...
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is it safe to download Tor browser from other browser
1.i just learnt about Tor, and i'd like to know where is the best place to download Tor browser,i feel downloading from the google play store or another browser might have a negative effect on the ...
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How to configure Tor to act as a Directory Authority?
I am looking to perform a series of experiments that would result in a tor-like implementation on a non-desktop platform for purely academic purposes. Before starting implementation itself, I would ...
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Can't start the Tor Browser if Tor is running as a Windows service
I have installed Tor as a service on my Windows machine, because I occasionally need to tunnel things through Tor (e.g., SSH-over-Tor) and want to be able to do this without having to run the Tor ...
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hidden service + reverse proxy not working
i'm trying to set up a hidden service for an existing webserver that is behind a reverse proxy and i'm unable to get it work. i had no problems creating hidden services on servers with no reverse ...
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Can TOR Browser be used with proxychains?
i configured proxychains to use TOR and enabled No DNS Leak,
i installed TOR and it's working fine (masking my IP and DNS).
I also downloaded TOR Browser to use instead of firefox.
Can someone help me ...
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Seperating the browser from the client
I really like the simplicity and the interface of the tor browser's configuration and connection step. Maybe it is not as simple as the terminal but after trying to configure I had to admit defeat. I ...
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The scary torrc
I've been trying to set exit nodes and obfs4 bridge(country blocking tor) into my torrc file but I can't find a recent post about that or any beginner friendly explanation. Can anyone provide me with ...
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I don't want to identify myself as a TOR user
Many users are using the TOR browser, and they are visiting my site. I am using some AdNetwork for monetization but they are not showing Ad if a user is vising my site through any proxy, VPN, or TOR ...
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Cannot remove grey bar at bottom of Tor Browser
Yesterday, I accidentally pressed Ctrl and another key which I do not remember anymore. This triggered my Tor Browser to look like this:
How can I get rid of this grey bar at the bottom?
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Changing Security Level per site?
I've had quite a few instances browsing .onions that require Javascript to be enabled (protonmail, for example).
I don't believe there is a way to configure this directly in Tor browser settings, so ...
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1920x1080 resolution lost under Tails after screen change
I'm trying to figure out what can cause Tails to use a wrong resolution after changing my monitor.
My Asus 24" screen worked without trouble with Tails in 1920x1080 mode.
I replaced it with a Samsung ...
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Tor is single threaded, but what If I split a server into many small instances?
This may be silly question, but since tor is single threaded, that means having huge server is technically useless, what about splitting the server using Proxmox or other software, this could possibly ...
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Tor browser. Unwanted Connect / Configure Question, after network interruption
I am useing Tor Browser. On first start of browser I got the follow normal question. I selected the "Connect" button and after than the browser worked allways fine.
Depend on my often unstable dsl ...
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Increase max allowable delay
1 attack is timing correlation attack. How can I increase the max allowable delay for requests between my computer, guard nodes, exit nodes, website?
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Why always permission Denied [duplicate]
I don't know if asking this question here, is really right or if "Ask Ubuntu" section in stack would be in a better position to answer, but i gotta try, because it is still related to tor. So in my ...
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Problem running tor services
New to creating Tor_Hidden_Services. I created a website on Mobirise software and i wanted to run the site in Tor_Hidden_Services. I started with a tutorial from a friend which with his instructions, ...
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How to compile Tor binary for different CPU architectures to include in a cross-platform application?
Is this even possible? Can a Tor binary file be compiled to work on Linux, Windows, OSX, iOS, and Android? We would like to package the binary file so we can launch Tor from our application. Could we ...
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How to anonymize application that not support proxy by using Tor on Windows?
I just want to let all my network traffic go through Tor and I saw someone did it on Linux, but I've never seen this on Windows.
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ExitNodes not making any circuits
I'm running Linux Mint 19.1 and I apt-get installed tor and it is running fine. However if I add the line
ExitNodes {us}
to /etc/tor/torrc and restart the tor service, the service starts ...
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protonvpn over tor gives “Inactivity timeout” error
This is the first time I try vpn over tor on debian 10. I want to set it up so that things connect as followed:
application -> obfs4proxy -> middle node -> exit node -> protonvpn -> internet
My ...
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Can you transfer a relay to a new device using the same IP?
I’ve got a Debian VM with a relay running, however, I’d like to transfer it to another VM with minimal Debian installed. If I assign the new machine with the same IP and configurations, can it run the ...
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fix localhost:8080 not connecting but 127.0.0.1 connects
I am currently trying to host my own forum on darkweb with mybb.
I have followed LAMP server setup on digital ocean and then it's guide to install mybb.
I have changed all the your domain to my onion ...
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Why can't I host my hidden service?
I am using Ubuntu eoan. Here is what I did:
Uncommented #HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/ and #HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:80 in /etc/tor/torrc
Restarted tor service by using sudo ...
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Tor will not restart or stop
When I run
service tor stop
The process is still running
If I run
service tor restart
and then
cat /var/log/syslog | grep tor -i
I get a lot of warnings and errors (see below). It seems it's ...
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How to run multiple Tor browsers with different IPs on version 9?
I've read This Instruction but it's outdated and I couldn't comment on it because of reputation.
I would like to run multiple Tor Browsers all at once, with each having a unique Tor IP address.
And I'...
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What causes intermittent hidded_service connectivity? Is there a way to stablize it?
Certain clients cannot connect to my hidden_service. I have no errors in any log, just
connection timed out
in the tor browser. If I try from a different device, it can reach the hidden_service url/...
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Tor Guard Selection
so I am trying to understand the Tor path selection in more details especially for the entry guard. So i read in the path-spec.txt that there is a bandwidth weighted entry guard selection where the ...
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Relay OS Obsolete
NYx complains version 0.3.2.10 is obsolete (in bright red letters).
I know that.
What I don't know is how to upgrade to 0.4.2.7.1 or newer.
Help is appreciated, trying to learn.
Adriann
Operating ...
