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What's the difference between ControlPort and SocksPort

I would like to run Tor on my Mac, such that another program (a Ruby script) can make HTTP requests through my running Tor process. I installed via "sudo port install tor" and then launched tor like so tor --CookieAuthentication 0…
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How can Wget be configured to work with Torify securely?

How can I find out how to configure wget to work securely with torify? The official documentation for doing it seems outdated. I'm using Ubuntu Linux 16.04, with tor installed from the repositories, but using the stand-alone browser bundle is…
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Can't Open Tor (Ubuntu/Linux) - says its already running

I'm having difficulty running Tor on Ubuntu (linux). This is a new problem, as I had been using it with no problems over the past year. Today, it will no longer start up when I click the icon. The icon appears in the taskbar for abut 30 seconds…
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Text verification captcha non visible error while registering facebook via Tor

Trying to register new Facebook account using TOR browser. Security text check (captcha) are not displayed. Have tried using Facebook.com and m.Facebook.com and also the onion address. Same blank or null image. Audio captcha do not work too. Thanks…
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Is it possible to access a dark web server by a public IP instead of an .onion address?

I'm running a web server behind TOR which should only be reachable by an .onion address I've set up. But sometimes I'm worried that the public IP of the server can get leaked somehow. Is the webserver also accessible by the IP if someone can get…
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TBB upgrade: What happened to my bookmarks?

I have just upgraded to the Tor Browser Bundle version 3.5. I overwrote my old Tor directory, which normally preserved my bookmarks. With this upgrade, all of my bookmarks are gone. Is there anyway to restore them?
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If I log into facebook with Tor, am I still protected?

I want to be able to log into social networking sites like FB. Do I have to make a new account or will Tor protect my identity still? I think I logged into FB and realized that I might not be protected anymore. What do I do? Should I make a new…
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Can't access tor hidden service remotely, worked locally

So before I flew several thousand miles away I installed Tor on my computer and setup a SSH hidden service. I sat upstairs and could access the machine through tor using a SSH config file and also locally (i.e. ssh [username]@192.168.100.118).…
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How can I anonymize my FTP traffic using the Tor network?

I want to make my ftp server visible only from Tor side.
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Sub domain of .onion is allowed officialy?

I've got this working link from my friend. And I'm interested in use 2nd level(sub) domain for my own. Where's the official Tor statement that subdomain of onion is allowed? working link: "NoMercy Easylist / NoMercy…
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Can users on LAN snoop out hidden service?

I need a little clarification on how hidden services work. So from my understanding a request to a hidden service goes like: request -> Tor -> server (running on localhost). Then the response is: server -> Tor -> response. Now is the data traveling…
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What if a powerful adversary controls a lot of relays?

Given that anyone can set up a relay server, what if a powerful adversary sets up a lot of relays around the world?
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Tor Relay reports "Port Reachability Test Failed" errors

I have been a regular user of the Tor browser bundle for quite sometime. Lately, I switched to a faster connection and I have been wondering if I should be running my own Tor-relay. I took the plunge and ran into couple of issues. I used Vidalia to…
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What is the Atlas link in the Tor Browser Bundle?

When you start the Tor Browser Bundle, there are several links for help on Tor. I don't know what the link for Atlas is. It has many graphs on the output node and the firewall ports allowed and blocked. What is this?
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Tor is only assigning circuits from a very limited subset of exit nodes

I am researching Tor, and as part of my research I was curious how many distinct exit relays a real-world client would include in building circuits. For my purposes, I am only interested in US exit nodes. I found this project:…
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