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Tor automation for windows
I remember a long time ago I saw a software that had some sort of an IDE that allows for tor browser automation via script.
It work for windows, and it wasn’t selenium
Anyone has any idea?
Many thanks
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The onion link cannot be accessed
I can't access onion links that I could access before. I tried using another computer and they still work. When I try to log in I get the error Details: 0xF0 — The requested onion service descriptor ...
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Why tor allow only root to connect to control port?
I have enabled control port, using password authentication.
I run this
telnet localhost 9051
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
With root is ok, I can send commands ...
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Measurements to deploy a Tor Service anonymously
I am planning on creating a new Tor service. It will be a website made in PHP/Laravel/Symfony, a database like MySQL and there will be a payment system for Monero transactions.
I'm already familiar on ...
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does onion sites uses any standard for blocking crawler
does onion sites uses robot.txt files to hide or restrict crawlers? as i know normal webservices uses robot.txt files to stop google crwaler from knowing more about the website or limitaions. so does ...
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Chrome OS and Tor. Linux wont set up either. Says no space
I'm not computer expert. Just trying to learn. My problem is Chrome OS and Tor. Linux wont set up either. Says no space. Can anyone splain this to me please? I'm a 54 yr old woman. So I didn't grow up ...
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Marginal download speed shown on Android, yet videos still play OK
I am testing watching videos and the Tor Browser client on Android often shows zero or very minimal download speed, even though the video plays fine. The Torbrowser still says that I am connected so ...
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If I turn on JavaScript, can my workplace see what sites I'm using TOR to access?
My question is about what my ISP can see if I enable JavaScript on a site.I would like to use TOR to access sites without letting my work know, but some sites will only work with JavaScript on.
If I ...
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Tor slow to respond on control port on mobile
We have an application that's trying to connect to Tor, and when Tor starts, it blocks for about 15 seconds before responding on the control port.
This is the behaviour we are observing:
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Are desktop notifications not working in more recent TOR versions?
I ran a comparative test, two different versions, out-of-the-box, used same site to test:
This is the website that I used to test: https://www.bennish.net/web-notifications.html .
Tor 12.0.3: working
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Why dosen't Tor always know the external IP address?
The "getinfo address" command documentation says:
"address" -- the best guess at our external IP address. If we
have no guess, return a 551 error. (Added in 0.1.2.2-alpha)
Why ...
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Tor crashes on startup-I don't think it's my antivirus (WINDOWS 11)
Tor crashes on start-up every time. I have tried reinstalling from scratch. I have tried disabling my firewall and made sure Tor is allowed through the firewall. I have no anti-virus open and disabled ...
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How do I monetize my Tor-Exit Node?
I want to monetize my traffic that goes through my Tor -Exit Node, to maintain the cost that comes with running an Exit Node.
How do I do that?
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Tor browser not opening
Okay so earlier today I went to go use Tor so I can us stuff unblocked but when I went to open it its said that "This item 'firefox.exe' that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so ...
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I'm installing Chutney to try to emulate a private TOR network
My goal is to create a private Tor network in order to first de-anonymize a user and then develop a patch to address the issue. Currently, I have decided to create the Tor network using Chutney. ...
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Sending a json request over tor to a Hidden Service Onion Address on port 50001
First post here as I've just started using Tor. I have a server running on a machine with a hidden service on port 50001. I'm trying to connect to it from my laptop using the server hidden service ...
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How to connect to my configured personal meek bridge in Tor client?
I have configured a meek client with the following Tor configuration:
BridgeRelay 1
ORPort 9001
ExtORPort auto
SocksPort 0
ServerTransportListenAddr meek 0.0.0.0:7002
ServerTransportPlugin meek exec /...
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Need help with private Tor network setup
I'm working on my thesis, the goal of which is to create my own instance of a private Tor network. I currently have 5 nodes in my network, 1 node is a client and 4 nodes are for creating circuits(...
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Tor 'service start' not working on NetHunter Kali Linux
I am using NetHunter Kali Linux. I am using the Tor service to start the Tor hidden services. When I enter sudo service tor start in the command line, the following error pops up:
/etc/init.d/tor: ...
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Tor onion domain: should the secret key be expanded?
When generating a tor address domain and keys the secret key must be additionally "expanded":
specification for key expansion: https://github.com/torproject/torspec/blob/...
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Tor onion service: why the public key file is needed?
I created an onion v3 service and the Tor created three files for it: private and public keys and hostname.
The private key is actually contains the public key internally. So why do we need the public ...
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Choosing an outgoing interface instead of an outgoing IP
I have a computer with two interfaces connected to two different networks:
wlan0 should not ever be used for tor traffic.
tor0 should be used for outgoing traffic, but the IP is dynamic, so I cannot ...
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MacBook Air 2014: when I boot with SDcard "SDXC", the mouse does not work. However, when booting via USB stick, there are no problems on the same HW
I use latest Tails with persistent LUKS volume. My hardware is MacBook Air 2014 (running Debian as daily driver; the machine is well supported).
When I boot with SDcard "SanDisk SDXC" (there ...
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SSH to vSphere VPS via TOR
Is it possible to set up vSphere VM so one will be able to connect to it via SSH using an onion domain name?
For example:
ssh user@s4k4ceiapwwgcm3mkb6e4diqecpo7kvdnfr5gg7sph7jjppqkvwwqtyd.onion
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Couldn't load XPCOM. Tor browser
When I try to open the Tor browser, I get a Firefox message box, saying: Couldn't load XPCOM . And no, I don't have any Webroot product. Could someone please help me?
I had already asked this question,...
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Couldn't load XPCOM
When I try to open the Tor browser, I get a Firefox message box, saying: Couldn't load XPCOM . And no, I don't have any Webroot product. Could someone please help me?
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TOR Browser hangs up when maximized on Windows 11
I had installed Windows 11 and started TOR Browser (from a non-system drive, where it was installed earlier). It was running well, even if I maximized the window.
But now (after an update or something,...
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Tor exited during startup on fresh install
I have used the Tor browser for a long time with no problem, but I got a new laptop recently and every time I install and run Tor, I get the same error.
Tor exited during startup. This might be due to ...
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Tor doesn't launch on Arch with "XPCOMGlueLoad error"
Tor doesn't launch on a fresh Arch install with "XPCOMGlueLoad error" despite following all instructions available.
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And if DDoS attacks could enhance the anonymity of the Tor network?
The most effective approach for an attacker would be to establish Tor routing and send packets to trigger a chain reaction across 3 or more relays.
Now, couldn’t these attacks potentially be an ...
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If I compile Tor to use 2 hops circuits, will it make 2 hops circuits to non-anonymous hidden services?
I know that Tor introduced options for setting up a non-anonymous hidden service, Cloudflare hidden resolver is an example of a non-anonymous one.
I built a Tor binary to use 2 hops circuits for ...
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How to calculate the number of IPs an overall passive attacker would obtain by examining a connection?
A global passive attacker might be able to attempt various correlation attacks. In this example, I would like to calculate the number of IPs they would need to collect in order to have the IP address ...
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mkp224o v3 onion link get overwritten by tor
Firstly, I'm using windows.I created the hostname, secret key and public key on windows. When I changed it, tor rewrites it every time I reopen tor.
i replaced these 3 files with the keys i got from ...
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[Iran][Fedora] Torsocks doesn't work even though tor is installed and running
The service is enabled and active, furthermore journalctl -exft Tor says it is bootstrapped 100%.
However running torsocks on and trying to ping hackage.haskell.org will return nothing, ditto for ...
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Is there a way to force Tor reconnect immediately after network down?
When I turn off my connection and connect again, Tor takes between 10 and 30 seconds to reconnect.
Is there a way to force Tor reconnect immediately after network goes back?
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Unable to find IPv6 address for ORPort 4xxxx. You might want to specify IPv4Only to it or set an explicit address or set Address
As I have very limited ISP options, the one I chose is not IPv6-capable.
In nyx this message popped up onto me:
Unable to find IPv6 address for ORPort 4xxxx. You might want to specify IPv4Only to it ...
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Bridge - Why do I need 2 different ports open?
I am in the process of setting up my first Tor Bridge:
Bridge <firgerprint redacted> advertises:
* obfs4: functional
Last tested: 2023-08-12 03:23:02.954463531 +0000 UTC (43m55.667246855s ago)...
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TOR VPN only allows usage for Google and gives an error for other applications
I have used a TOR VPN provided by The TOR Project (Orbot for Android) I have run a check on Ooni probe with the TOR VPN active and the TOR test failed. All other tests passed however, so this is not a ...
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How to change onion URL
I am well aware of how to generate an onion address with mkp224o, and how it spits out the keys, but how do I then use that new address to replace the old one. Many people have answered questions ...
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What troubleshooting steps can be tried if sound is disabled in Tor?
I have installed the Tor Browser on my system.
System Details
Windows 11 (64-bit)
I downloaded the latest Tor Browser available from its official site.
I am unable to find the steps to enable sound ...
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Bridge distribution mechanism says "none" despite it having been set in torrc?
So I am running a new bridge relay at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/D8931228F0FEB5668C7F5680D9B6CDB2AF86690E
Oddity happening, despite it being listed in the torrc confoguration to be ...
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Can `SUCCEEDED` be the last message for a Tor stream reported by Tor control?
I've been trying to fully understand what is happening with a single Tor stream. I can see in my logs Tor control events:
650 STREAM 97 NEW 0 my.website.com:443 SOURCE_ADDR=127.0.0.1:48828 PURPOSE=...
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Should I use the same server for webserver and the database?
I want to start hosting my hidden service and be as secure as possible.
It is currently just some PHP Code and a MySQL database.
Now I am wondering if I need a external server to host my database or ...
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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 ...
