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Q & A: What is garlic routing and how is it different from onion routing?

Garlic Routing is a variant of Onion Routing which I2P (Invisible Internet Project) uses. The fundamentals of garlic routing and garlic encryption were developed by Michael Freedman and were improved ...
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How do TOR nodes select the CircID's when creating, or extending, a circuit?

A circuit ID identifies a circuit on an OR connection. If this OR connection is between two relays, either relay can make new circuits on that OR connection. If a relay wants to create a new circuit, ...
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Does whonix traffic non browser requests through tor?

Quote Whonix Homepage: The Everything Tor OS All internet traffic is routed through the Tor anonymity network. No exceptions. Whonix is the "All Tor Operating System". It is better to use ...
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How to use VPN with Tor network?

TL;DR: It’s complicated. It depends on your threat model and how well you configure everything. This is one of the top questions on the Tor Project site [1]. They recommend VPNs (with Tor) only for ...
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