Questions tagged [configuration]
Questions about configuring Tor software.
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Failed to connect to Tor network?
I tried connecting to the Tor network. Each time it stops at Loading Network Status .
This is the log file:
27-05-2015 10:54:40.877 [NOTICE] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or accept non-...
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Is it possible to make the Tor onion-routing path longer?
By default, Tor uses an onion-routing path with three hops: entry, relay (middle) and exit. Is it possible to configure (or, if necessary, recompile) Tor to use more than three hops? This would lessen ...
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For how long does a circuit stay alive?
How long does it take for Tor to expire a circuit and pick a new one? Is there a way to control this expiration time?
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Does running the Tor browser turn me into a (exit) relay?
If the person downloads the Tor Browser and uses it to surf the Internet, is this person also automatically running a Tor exit node or a Tor relay? Or other nodes?
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What happened to torrc in Tor Browser Bundle?
I just got finished a few weeks ago setting up my torrc to require connections to U.S. ExitNodes. I just used Vidalia to get into the "Tor Configuration File", and edited that. Worked great. Now I've ...
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How to decrease number of Tor hops?
I want to setup Tor for using only one hop in chain. There is some solution?
I understand that this is security risk, but I use tor only for corporate firewall bypassing.
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Best way to set up a Tor lab?
What would be the best [and cheapest] way to set up a private Tor network for testing and experimentation?
A rough size estimate is that it should consist of 12 or more onion-routers and should be ...
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How to dissconnect Tor browser from the Tor network
How can I configure Tor browser so it does not connect to the tor network? I want it to connect like any other browser would. I would like to use Tor as a hardened browser. I know this question has ...
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Is the latest Tor-0.2.5.10 Expert Bundle broken?
I downloaded the latest Tor Expert Bundle here for Windows 7 and extracted the files and directory structure of the .zip to G:\tor-0.2.5.10. In case it matters, my extracted Tor directory structure is ...
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How reliable is setting an exit via country code?
In torrc, you can select exit nodes by country code (https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#ChooseEntryExit) - how reliable is that selection? Could a malicious (or simply poorly-configured) ...
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How can I disable the grey border?
In Tor, I see a border around every webpage. I think it might be to hide fingerprints, but it really annoys me. Is there any way I can remove it?
I am using Tor 9.0.2 on Windows 10
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Tor circuit selection
Quick question - is it possible to 'exclude' or 'bypass' certain Tor Circuits?
Example: At this moment it shows the circuit as France - Netherlands - France. What I am wondering is, can I tell Tor to ...
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Tor on linux - how to select exit nodes manually
On windows, there is an application called Advanced Onion Router (or, AdvTOR) which lets you choose your tor exit nodes, and it lists them all out. This is great, because some exit nodes have ...
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Turning off the proxy part of Tor [duplicate]
I would like to use the tor browser but without the Proxy / Onion element of it. The reason why I would like to do this is because I'd like to use Tor as my main go to browser for normal activities ...
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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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How to Add bridge relays
I want to access a website using the Tor Browser, but when I try to log in, the website asks me not to use proxy.
So I searched for Tor bridges and entered 3 of them as custom bridges. The Tor ...
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windows: Tor browser error after editing torrc file
The questions (1 2) about it are for mac OS. I'm strugling with windows 10.
I downloaded tor brownser and added that to the torrc file (I want to use it with scrapy)
ControlPort 9051
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Can't find torrc file on Mac
I just installed the TorBrowser (v. 6.0.1) on my mac (OS 10.11.5) - went to the torproject page and downloaded the installer for mac. I am seeing instructions online about changing my torrc file in ...
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How to channel all traffic on Kali linux through Tor?
I am new to Tor and linux in general, but I have installed Kali linux and installed Tor and downloaded Tor bundle, but I realised only when I browse through the Tor bundle browser is when my traffic ...
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Getting Tor to randomly use various Country IP's per session
I would like to have Tor use a different IP address in Canada every time I start or restart the application.
Is that possible? If so, how?
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How do I add obfs3 bridges in torrc?
I have installed Tor on my Ubuntu system, not the Tor browser bundle.
Now, I am aware that one can add obfs3 bridges into torrc file.
How might I do this?
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How to use Tor behind a http-only proxy?
A proxy supports only http. No http"s". Connect method not supported.
In other words, a client can only visit http port 80. Anything else is unsupported.
Can Tor be used in such an environment? How?
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Specify bridge from command line
Is there a way to specify a bridge while starting Tor, from command line? I'm working on a script that runs multiple instances of Tor and I find it easier to add the bridge (all the instances are ...
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How does "HiddenServiceAuthorizeClient" work?
Reading here I understand that only clients that are listed are authorized to access the hidden service, but how does it work?
I mean, is my hidden service really hidden? If a client is not ...
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How to use Tor Expert Bundle on Windows?
A step by step guide would be awesome on how to use it and how to configure normal Mozilla Firefox to use proxy to reroute all traffic through Tor using Expert Bundle. (no Vidalia Solution)
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How to run the Tor browser without the bundled Tor proxy?
Say one's using GNU/Linux with a Tor daemon setup on a given local port (which happens not to be 9050). Web browsing traffic currently goes like this: vanilla Firefox -> Privoxy -> Tor.
Say one would ...
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Creating ExitNodes command for Tor 6.0 on a Mac
I sometimes need to set a specific ExitNodes country code in the torrc file. I am using Mac OS X 10.6.7. Prior to Tor 6.0 the torrc file for TorBrowser.app on a Mac was located in the app's bundle, i....
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Tor stopped working upon installing new router/modem
Here is the log regarding the problem:
6/6/2016 17:16:47 PM.200 [NOTICE] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or
accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing connections.
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How do I host multiple hidden services? (Multiple addresses)
I have the same basic issue as this question but it wasn't resolved. I have one functioning service, everything runs fine:
HiddenServiceDir /var/www/tor/test1/
HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:44403
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authenticate telnet connection
I tried connecting to tor in TBB 3.5.1, OS X 10.8.5 using telnet localhost 9151 but since CookieAuthentication is set it requires authentication.
From the manual
CookieAuthentication 0|1 If this ...
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Anonabox & Tor (TOR_SKIP_LAUNCH)
I'm using the Anonabox and, as its hardware connects to Tor, I'm looking for something similar to the 'transparent torification' option in the Tor browser (to avoid running everything through Tor ...
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Cannot access Tor - Please help
Up until a few days ago, I could access Tor every time I clicked the "Start Tor Browser". Since then, no luck.
Here is where I am at.
I use Norton Internet Security. Deleted and setup Tor as trusted
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Registering .onion with Certificate Authority?
Is it possible to register my onion with LetsEncrypt? I'm using Arch.
If no, why not?
Thanks!
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Directory Cannot be Readed: Permission Denied after update to 0.3.0 [duplicate]
My hidden service run fine when using 0.2.9.11 on Ubuntu 16.04 server. but get permission denied problem when I update it to 0.3.0.9
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[notice] Tor 0.3.0.9 (git-100816d92ab5664d) running on Linux ...
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cant connect to tor network 2 mac [duplicate]
Last login: Mon Oct 5 23:12:01 on ttys000
cesar-montanos-MacBook:~ cesarmontano$ 15-10-05 23:17:02.300 [NOTICE] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9150
15-10-05 23:17:02.300 [NOTICE] Renaming old ...
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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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NEW TOR VERSION problem [closed]
i am having a problem with the new gor upgrade. i do too much work online to allow moving of the vertical scroll bar (off of the right border).
is there some way to turn that aspect off?? i will ...
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How do I configure Chrome to use Tor?
Note: I am aware that the Tor Project recommends against this and I want to do it anyway.
I've downloaded the Tor Relay Bundle and everything seems to be working fine. I can see myself as a relay on ...
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The ReachableAddresses version of FascistFirewall
Is the following the equivalent of using FascistFirewall 1?
ReachableAddresses accept *:80
ReachableAddresses accept *:443
I ask this because it seems that FascistFirewall will someday be deprecated ...
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Changing tor's default listening port withing the torrc file
I have downloaded and installed the tor browser bundle.
I would like to run tor as a single process alone without the browser, so I've been launching the tor.exe which exists in [%Tor Directory%]\...
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Tor Browser won't launch after torrc file edited for hidden services
I'm a beginner who need a little help. I got stuck while i was trying to setup my hidden service.
I'm on a Mac (EL Capitan) running Windows 7 on Parallels Desktop virtual machine. I have my ...
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Can Tor be used with Netflix or Hulu?
I am curious as to how it would work to use Tor for Netflix or Hulu if I have paid subscriptions to both sites.
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Port Reachability Test Failed _ detailed info
I am currently connected to Tor Network, according to Vidalia.
When i tried to set up a non-exit relay, i got the following errors:
Server Port Reachability Test Failed - Your relay's server port is ...
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Tor expert bundle on Windows - no installation instructions
Before there was a installer.
Now it's just a zip file with no installation instructions.
Where do I put the DATA directory?
Also when I run tor.exe nothing happens, I see no command line options ...
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How can I start obfs4proxy.exe without starting Tor Browser?
Under WIN7 platform, when I start tor browser, there is a job running in taskmanager named `obfs4proxy.exe.
How can i start it through command-line since I don't need tor browser?
By the way, I can ...
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What's the correct syntax for listing multiple ExitNodes?
In my torrc file, I'd like to exclude certain exit nodes from specific countries, like for example France and Germany. What's the correct syntax for this in torrc?
I've found that when I try to list ...
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Connect to Tor-Firefox via Ruby/Watir
I am having issues connecting to Tor via Ruby - Watir webdriver.
I use the Tor Browser Bundle. The problem is that when I try to connect via Watir (Selenium) I cannot seem to open Tor instead of ...
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I can select exit node, I can select entry node. Can I select middle node?
I can select exit node by torrc option.
I can select entry node, similar way, right?
Can I select middle node?
In other word, can I select full chain by hand in torrc?
Three fingerprints and ...
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Setting the country of the tor ExitNodes
I'm having some trouble in setting the country of the tor exit nodes. Following this link, by adding the bellow entries to the ./Data/torrc
ExitNodes {ru}
StrictNodes 1
an exit node from the ...
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Debian-tor user running tor in the background from startup
I recently noticed (by doing top) that there is a process running tor by the user debian-tor. I have installed tor, and use it frequently along with torsocks, but I didn't expect to see it running ...
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