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Why does adding a Guard-Exit (EE) node in Tor yield more catch probability than adding a guard and exit node separately? [duplicate]
The following is the default Tor network in shadow simulator:
Total BW of Guard flagged nodes=258.15 MB/S
Total BW of Middle nodes=23.69 MB/S
Total BW of Exit flagged nodes=13.23 MB/S
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May I do security inspection on exit relays?
If I decide to run an exit relay may I run security inspection (Intrusion Prevention System, anti-spam, anti-malware etc.) on the traffic leaving the Tor network? Would this be considered legally and ...
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Can I help Tor if I just have webspace?
I'm thinking about how I can help Tor and its users. However I don't own big servers and also don't want to run a relay from my home. The only thing I have up to now is some private website. Is there ...
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Where I can get largest list of Tor-friendly email services? [closed]
There was a TorMail: Tor Mail is a free anonymous email service provider http://tormail.org
After FBI intel led to a raid in Ireland it become down
http://jhiwjjlqpyawmpjx.onion
I can use
http://...
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When does a relay get the Named flag?
A new relay of mine has been flagged as Stable and Guard, but not Named. What are the criteria for receiving the Named flag?
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Where I can download tor expert bundle?
Why I can not find download link for tor expert bundle? Why torproject.org removed it?
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How to access local host through tor browser
Hi I'm doing some web development and wanted to be able to do some cross browser testing. Normally I would just point which ever browser I'm using at localhost and go from there.
Unfortunately Tor ...
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Tor via VPN: Good extra level of security, or unnecessary?
The title pretty much says it all. I'm using Tor with PIA VPN also running. Is this a good extra level of security, or just a waste of time. Thanks all.
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Tor plug-in for Chromium?
Is there a plug-in for Chromium to activate and deactivate Tor?
I've found plug-ins to manage HTTP proxies, but not SOCKS5.
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How can I use Tor without my ISP knowing?
I guess my first question should be, does my ISP know when I'm using Tor? I read somewhere that they do. In that case, the anonymity offered by Tor is rather limited. If someone suspects I posted ...
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Would Tor work if it became very large?
I wonder whether there would be any problems if Tor grew to serve a large portion (e.g. 5 or 30 %) of internet (web) usage?
As I understand it Tor is helped by new nodes at the moment – but is there ...
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Is it possible to run a secure email network using SMTP over Tor?
I have thought about some of the security issues inherent in email.
For example that even if the body is encrypted the headers are plain text so metadata is available.
I was wondering if this could ...
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Releasing a controversial movie torrent using Tor Network for security
I live in a dictatorship and use the Tor Network to get around censorship. I read that Torrenting over Tor Network is not good because of high Internet usage and it slows everything down. For a short ...
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Does my ISP know if I download Tor?
Does my Internet service provider know when and if I download Tor? How could I prevent that?
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Searching for Tor hidden servicces
What resources are best for search .onion networks within the Tor? Unlike the web where you can search for a domain or portal, what equivalent systems are available for search for Tor specific ...
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Where in the world does Tor provide the highest degree of anonymity?
As we know, Tor hides users amongst the other users on the network, so the more populous and diverse the user base for Tor is, the more everybody's anonymity will be protected. So, in which part of ...
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How to anonymize the programs from the terminal?
How to anonymize the programs from your terminal (such as wget, curl, etc.)?
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How can I use plugins in TorBrowser?
I visited a streaming site in TorBrowser, but it said it needed a plugin to stream videos. I've already installed the latest version of Adobe Flash Player, but it still won't stream videos or play ...
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What common sites are known to be troublesome for Tor use?
Certain sites block traffic from known exit nodes, and some sites simply show a CAPTCHA due to excessive abuse, etc.
Is there a list of websites known to be troublesome for visitors using Tor?
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Is there any Tor's network technical details paper?
I'm looking for technical details of tor's infrastructure.
I did a little search but couldn't find anything special except https://www.torproject.org/about/overview.html.en which is not very in ...
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Sending anonymous email
I need to send a completely anonymous email, with no trace of myself, my IP and my computer. Can I send it via Tor using an ordinary email server, ie, gmail, yahoo, whatever?
PLEASE, I'm an ordinary ...
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Low power self-maintaining Tor relay
Over the summer, I'm looking into depositing Tor relays (not exit nodes!) with my friends in family in the form of something that they can plug in and forget about. I've read about the Rasberry Pi ...
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Have Tor appear to be a different browser
I was wondering is there a way to fool websites into thinking that I am using another browser instead of what I'm really using, Tor Browser. Say I wanted example.com to see me connecting to them using ...
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My OSX is saying "TorBrowserBundle_en-US" can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer
I've downloaded the TBB but it won't open because "TorBrowserBundle_en-US" is from an "unidentified developer". How do I solve this?
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How can I protect myself against GCHQ's attempts to de-anonymise me?
Given the latest revelations about GCHQ's methods to de-anonymise Tor users, how can I keep myself safe?
From the document:
We will never be able to de-anonymize all Tor users all the time [but] ...
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Would distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on the directory authorities disrupt the Tor network?
Assume someone wants to disrupt the Tor network or maybe bring it down. A powerful attacker could try to DDoS all the directory authorities. As there are only 10 worldwide this seems like an easy task....
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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 do I uninstall Tor browser from Windows 7?
I need to get detailed instructions how to completely remove Tor browser from Windows 7.
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Traffic secrecy in rendezvous points
In the Tor hidden service design Alice and Bob communicate via a rendezvous point that they agree to at one of the hidden service's introduction point.
Can either of these nodes observe traffic ...
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How can one move its relay to another server without losing anything?
Supposing one runs a server on some server and wants to move it to another.
How can this be done without losing the flags (like stable, guard, named) and the progress to get a t-shirt, if certain ...
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Would relay with temporary keys live the same great as with constant keys?
I'm on Debian-like OS.
Directory /var/lib/tor/keys/ contains secret_id_key and secret_onion_key RSA keys.
Would my relay work the same with 5Mb/s of bandwidth if I remove these keys each reboot, ...
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What is the difference between NTor and TAP?
Recently I read that Tor switched from TAP handshake requests to NTor handshake requests. This seems to improve the performance and doesn't put such a high load on relays (because of Mevade). However ...
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Why is a longer guard rotation period with fewer guards better than the other way around?
Tor introduced guards, which are - oversimplified said - relays the client picks and holds for some time as the first hop, to protect the client against the so-called 'predecessor attack'. Entry ...
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Is it secure to set the contact information when building up a Tor relay?
When I am setting up a tor relay, one option is to determine the contact information as an email address. Is it secure considering information harvesting by NSA for instance or would be better to hide ...
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How do I make Tor use IPv6 for connecting to other peers?
Even if I put the following, it still only makes IPv4 connections to the outside world:
ORPort [::]:9001 IPv6Only
OutboundBindAddress [::]
Bridge [<an IPv6 of a tor node of mine>]:9001
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How to tell my Tor Browser to use a certain relay as entry point?
I am running a Tor relay on a remote server that is hosted in a professional server farm about 1000 km away from my home. I am absolutely sure, that this Tor relay is secure because I am root on this ...
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Most .onion sites I am trying to access are unavailable: Why and how can I solve this? [duplicate]
I think that 80% of the onion sites I'm trying to reach are most of the time (if not always) unavailable. It tells me that
Firefox can't estabilish a connection to the server at *****.onion
and
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How can I pass all wifi traffic through Tor?
Background:
Where I work there is a transparent proxy which restricts us to connect only to ftp, http and https websites.
I am using Tor and to connect to any other destination port I use proxychains ...
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Proxy server is refusing connection
When launching the Tor browser from its folder it keeps on failing. The Connection Settings is set to Manual Proxy with SOCKS Host at 127.0.0.1 Port 9150 v5.
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Is it possible to install the VLC plugin in the Tor browser?
I know that you're not "supposed" to use plugins in Tor - Flash and Java are two of the stupidest things you could use while trying not to be discovered.
But let's say you'd like to view a video file ...
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Could I run the hidden service software(e.g webserver) in a different system than the one Tor is running?
Running a hidden service in a secure way can be a really complicated matter.
Ideally the system where the hidden service software (e.g. a web server) lives should not have a publicly routable IP ...
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Can you confirm that my IP address was a Tor relay a few months ago?
Let's assume I received a letter today that accuses me of downloading an illegal file, posting something inappropriate in a forum, or hacking into a system. And that happened a few months ago. But I ...
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The proxy server is refusing connections
I have downloaded the most recent version of the Tor bundle 6.5.2 for Mac. When I open the Tor browser I get a message "the proxy server is refusing connections". I have followed the instructions (on ...
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Why should users not use the same browser for both I2P and Tor?
In several forums and articles that I have read people say that the best security for users that want to run both Tor and I2P is to use separate browsers for each. What are the security and anonymity ...
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How does the pluggable transport version of TBB affect browsing?
Does using the pluggable transport Tor Browser Bundle with an Obfs3 bridge affect browsing speed in a noticeable way?
I am interested in using an Obfusproxy to hide my Tor usage form my ISP but I ...
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What can I do to reduce risk of malicious traffic leaving my exit relay besides setting the exit policy?
I am considering running an exit relay. Unfortunately this opens possibility of legal issues and traffic restrictions from my Internet Service Provider. See Abuse FAQ and Legal FAQ.
There is a nice ...
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Does windows 10 compromise TOR?
Does running Tor on Windows 10 compromise my security? And further from that, are there any issues I need to be aware of while using Tor on Windows 10?
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Why does Tor publish IP addresses of exit nodes?
I am new to Tor and currently trying to understand the architecture of onion routing. However, I came across this TorDNSEL which makes it possible (for a tool using TorDNSEL) to detect whether ...
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RDP over Tor - safe?
I am considering using remote desktop protocol(RDP) over Tor, to circumvent my country's blockade of RDP and also get the most of anonymity.
I just tested a RDP connection with proxy chains remmina. ...
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Tor Browser Bundle for Windows without installer?
I can't find a non-installer download for the browser bundle for Windows anymore.
I still see non-installers for Mac/Linux.
Did they remove it? Why??? I hate installers since you don't know if they ...
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