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connecting tor over ssh error Socks proxy failed to connect, error 4 (host unreachable)

I already had setup hidden service on my pi4 and it was working just fine until I decided that I'd install the same config on another sd card and from then on it gives me the same error again and ...
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How does a hidden service know all ed25519 public keys?

A hidden service needs all ed25519 public keys of all nodes to construct indexes which are used to get the responsible hidden service directories. I know you can get a public key by sending the ...
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How does Tor create circuits

I was reading a proposal written by Roger and Nick about the 2nd Generation onion router and noticed that they mentioned in the previous design, onion routing could only build a circuit for every ...
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TorBrowser Bundle, NoScript Extension Disable Possible?

Through about:config settings, I disable anything to do with JavaScript. Before TorBrowserBundle 12.0.7, I could either disable or remove the NoScript extension. With TBB 12.0.7, NoScript can neither ...
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Orbot on iPhone: can't connect, possible to use WiFi?

Orbot (1.6.0 Build 33 iOS) connected once after installation a few days ago, and hasn't been able to since. Multiple connection retries fail. When attempting to connect, WiFi is dropped and ...
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Tor mobile browesr fingerprint

The desktop version of Tor is always preferred over the mobile version. Question: what does mobile app Tor leak about the user that the desktop doesn't leak? For example, one thing I noticed is lack ...
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Why does Orbot on iPadOS keep failing to connect to Tor?

In order to connect to Tor on my iPad, I use the Orbot app. However, recently the app started constantly failing to connect with the following error messages (the IP addresses of the Tor bridges are ...
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What is the right port and IP adress for Tor proxy on Windows 10?

I would like to set up a proxy that routes my traffic through Tor and then connect to my VPN. I have already found a few threads here but with conflicting answers. In the control panel I can set up a ...
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How to use tor browser inside a transparent proxy?

Is it possible to use tor browser inside a transparent proxy? I try to use the tor browser inside a transparent proxy but I can't, it gives an error. The transparent proxy itself works perfectly, in ...
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Implications of using applications on Tor

There is an advice instructing to use compiled apps instead of webapps, since the former can be checked against checksums, unlike the latter which is susceptible to Javascript code injection. E.g: use ...
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Why does Tor Browser not store search history?

Search history is private anyway, websites don't see it, so I dont see how not saving search history is a privacy benefit. Why does Tor not save history?
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biulding tor relay

i dont know someone else asking this before but bere is my quetion if i had biuld tor relay to help network obviously the network will quickly biuld circut on it i wana put huge bandwidth on it its ok ...
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I can not start my Tor relay on my Fedora system

This is the lines that I added to the torrc file Nickname myNiceRelay # Change "myNiceRelay" to something you like ContactInfo your@e-mail # Write your e-mail and be aware it will be ...
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Linux Ubuntu error

How do I fix the following error > [stage-1 7/11] RUN addgroup --system -gid ${TOR_LINUX_GID} tor && adduser --system --ingroup tor -uid ${TOR_LINUX_UID} tor: ...
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Tor isn't fully starting nor bootstraping! Signaled readiness to systemd

Tor isn't fully starting nor bootstrapping! and connections keeps on throwing time-out errors... journalctl -xeu [email protected] May 13 20:34:56 ZDei systemd[29470]: [email protected]: Executing:...
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Cloudflare changes my Tor Exit Node

I set up in Tor Browser Exitnodes {lu} StrictNodes 1 and it works very well on all websites. But when I go to one website where they have cloudflare, I will see the "Checking If The Site ...
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Possible fingerprinting for tiling window managers

Could tiling window managers fingerprint users and render letter-boxing useless? Tiling WM change and resize windows suddenly and move them around in a grid. The resize behavior is different than the ...
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Google is able to track me through Tor

I've just moved from Brave to Tor Browser, because YouTube has been able to track me for the last little while, even though I deleted cookies, USING A VPN, etc.. (Adding recommendations of channels I ...
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Exit Node Jumping While Using StrictNodes in Torrc

I have seen a situation where I'm on non-onion website and the exit node jumps while the site is loading. If I hit the "New Circuit for this Site" button, the exit node starts in RO and ...
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How tor will change new tor circuit on every reload automatically in window

I want to l change the new tor circuit on every reload is it possible if the how it is
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Sourcing “torsocks on” in fish and dash shells

I have used torify for a while to ad hoc route the traffic of certain applications through Tor and just today noticed that the man page suggests using torsocks instead. Reading through the torsocks(1) ...
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Running multiple onion services

I want to run multiple onion services on one laptop . my questions are.. where is the optimal place to keep a separate directory for each onion service? how do i know which ports to use, which ports ...
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How can I request a new circuit for a site using control commands?

I've recently been trying to set up some basic tor functionality with firefox by routing certain sites through the tor network to allow for more anonymity and the ability to access tor hidden services....
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Safest way to connect to TOR

I'm getting mixed messages on connecting to TOR. Should I use a vpn over a bridge? Any other options? Can I still be tracked Trying to keep my connection to tor private.
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Enable the Torproject package repository STEP 3 & 4

I was able to edit the file and add the entries but now im on step 3 and 4 and nothing seems to happen … Step 3 wget -qO- https: // deb.torproject. org/torproject.org/...
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Tor on Linux. DNAT port 53 DNS requests to TOR DNS listener port set to 9041 on 127.0.0.1 with iptables. tcpdump shows my def gateway replies. strange

Tor on Linux. DNAT port 53 DNS requests to TOR DNS listener port set to 9041 on 127.0.0.1 with iptables. tcpdump shows my default gateway answers to same client port. [root@localhost memyself]# ...
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Is an .onion service aware of its own circuit?

So I understand that when a user logs into an onion service, they are logged as ”127.0.0.1” and port now, does the onion service log the relays or know what relays it connected to in order to ...
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Can a Hidden Service track you the same way an exit node can?

imagine if the onion service decided to be the malicious exit node itself. It’s not (Exit node) but could it travel back through its relays (possibly even skip) to the rendezvous point that track you ...
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Python Port Scanner using TOR

I just want to know is it possible to scan ports on TOR network with python. I wrote a port scanner script but it keeps returning socket error. Why does it not work and any solutions? import socket ...
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Where is the default download directory in Tor Browser?

When I mention the default download directory, what I mean is the directory where Tor places files downloaded from the internet, and not the directory where Tor itself is downloaded when updated. I ...
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Firefox-esr wont proxy to burpsuite on tails os

Burpsuite Community Edition on Tails 5.11 Firefox-esr proxy settings has warning 'Connections to localhost, 127.0.0.1/8, and ::1 are never proxied'. I cannot find any mention of the error anywhere. ...
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Safest way to change the permissions of this file so that I can can configure tor package repository and add :

Safest way to change the permissions of this file so that I can can configure tor package repository and add : deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/tor-archive-keyring.gpg] https://deb.torproject.org/...
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I have downloaded some files over tor

I have downloaded some files over tor and also open them outside tor. But they are in .zip format. Am I still anonymous?
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Burpsuite and Tails OS

I am running Bursuite Community Edition on Tails 5.11 I have downloaded firefox-esr and have set all ports to 127.0.0.1:6666 which is what I have set burpsuite proxy to listen on. I have also manually ...
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Multiple onion services

I eventually would like to have multiple onion services running on my from my laptop. Im trying to download tor client not browser on my Librem 14 (debian) and also have apache2 configured . im trying ...
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How can I disable Tor's automatic IP circuit renewal process?

I have an issue with this process when trying to log in or authenticate to a site where I only want to use the VPN and don't want the IP to change automatically at that time, as it interferes with the ...
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One domain for multiple self-hosted services VS a single domain per service?

After generating a self-signed SSL certificate for a self-hosted Dash app, and verifying that it is accessible over tor, I intend to include self-hosted GitLab and Nextcloud over https. Hence, I was ...
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Using Orbot android app as a proxy server for a windows client

This might sounds strange but right now I am using the ProtonVPN android app as follow: I connect my android device to home wifi start ProtonVpn app start Every Proxy app (usually using its HTTP ...
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Middle/Guard relay:WARN Bad password or authentication cookie on controller WARN Your server has not managed to confirm reachability for its ORPort(s)

OS: Ubuntu Server 22.04.2 I'm running a tor relay on an old laptop. I'm managing it on my main computer with ssh. From my perspective this is ideal because in theory I could manage multiple nodes from ...
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How do TOR nodes select the CircID's when creating, or extending, a circuit?

I am coding my own version of TOR and I am trying to set up circuit management. I looked at the TOR spec and it says: To prevent CircID collisions, when one node sends a CREATE/CREATE2 cell to ...
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Enable "Standard" security level for a *single* website in Tor

Many of you are certainly aware that Proton mail is broken when using any security level but "Standard" in Tor, that is, the lowest security level available. Whitelisting Proton in NoScript ...
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How dangerous is it to use Tor as SOCKS5 proxy for *.onion domains only

How dangerous is it to use Tor as SOCKS5 proxy for *.onion domains only (via PAC file) in a "normal" browser? I am aware that there is risk that .onion sites can still fingerprint me and/or ...
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burpsuite onion http request intercept

I have an Onion Website, and i want to try and exploit it to find the Real IP-Address behind this Service. The problem: 'Cannot intercept Traffic from .onion' i also used this Settings in BurpSuite: ...
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Onionbalance: Got the wrong number of responsible HSDirs: 5. Aborting

I have a hidden service with OnionBalancer. Service has been running for a long time but lately the OnionBalancer just stopped. From the logs: [INFO]: Initialized hash ring of size 3906 (blinded key: ...
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Enable IPv6 on middle/guard relay but IPv6 does not work properly

I used the following command to ping the IPv6 addresses of Tor directory authorities from my server (as described here under 7. https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/post-install/): ping6 -c2 ...
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Recovery of Tails persistent volume disk image copy using hashcat

I mistyped the password for a temporary persistent storage volume I made, having misplaced my normal Tails drive. I have attempted to follow OPs instructions from here: https://www.reddit.com/r/tails/...
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Using NoScript white list does not work in Tor

Adding proton mail in the NoScript whitelist still results in me not being able to access the Proton Mail sign-up form. It says that Proton Mail requires JavaScript to be enabled. I'm using the ...
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WireGuard tunnel, can my ISP know I'm using tor?

I plan deploy a setup similar to the following: My Tails PC and my custom DNS are on different subnets, all of my Internet traffic is routed through a WireGuard tunnel ending on a cloud VM (this ...
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When I go to install the demo content in the tools and click on Install the template that I uploaded,in wordpris it is not wanted, and I see this sign

I want a solution, please. Yesterday I downloaded the template from Team Forest, and I want to install it, but whoever has the situation does not respond, please contact me.
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How could p2p connections work in Tor?

Besides that Tor should not be used for p2p traffic because of network congestion and possible IP leaks in BitTorrent applications, how could it work in theory? Assuming that the BitTorrent ...
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