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I need help choosing my type of internet connection
I just downloaded the Tor Browser. When first launching, how do I know which network setting to select?
"I would like to connect directly to Tor network" or "This computer's Internet connection is censored,filtered, or proxied" are the two options.…
Jeff
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What is the safest way to keep TBB up to date?
In the past these questions were asked about updating Tor Browser Bundle:
How can I switch from one Tor Browser Bundle version to another?
How do I keep my Tor Browser Bundle current?
For a while now we have had an updater, what I would like to…
Joey
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How to connect to TOR server from other computers
I'm trying to install tor server on TorServer computer and I like to use it on other machine in the network.
For example, in TorServer I can do
curl --socks5 localhost:9050 somewebsite.com
I like to do something like this on otherComputer
curl…
nafas
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Run tor and TBB at the same time with the same ports on same PC
Just what the title says: is it safe/good practise/etc to run tor as a service (LM17.2) and TBB on the same PC, same time, same ports? Will this be related to that part of the FAQ where it says I have better chance at anonymity due to the "mingling"…
a concerned citizen
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Is there a way to show the Download and Upload speeds in arm as different units?
I.e., megabytes per second instead of megabits?
Or, mebibytes/mebibits?
Etc.
TheSqrtMinus1
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Make the Tor interface an httpproxy
Tor uses a SOCKS5 interface to communicate with applications. I am making an application with winHttp that needs to use Tor, but winHttp only can use HTTP proxies. Is there any way to change Tor's 'interface' proxy to an HTTP one instead of a…
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How to edit the torrc in "NT AUTHORITY\LocalService" account?
As the title say, how can I do it ?
I has made a decision to uninstall Vidalia and use only tor.exe to run as a relay. I have tried to install Tor into the service so it is not going to disturb me. But every time I tried to install Tor service, it…
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No .onion sites load
I cannot connect to any .onion sites. I have used both duckduckgo's onion link as well as the torproject's onion link as tests.
I have read every thread and post related to this issue I can find, the only things any of them mention is to either…
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How do I encrypt document via right-click menu in Tails?
I don't understand the procedure here. There are some options to choose from to encrypt the file, but then I can't decrypt it because I don't have the password. How do I create a password before I encrypt?
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Tor is making me an exit node despite configuration?
I am trying to create a non-exit relay. I have edited the torrc file to ExitPolicy reject *:*, but when I monitor my connection in arm it lists my relay nickname as an "EXIT" in multiple circuits. Is this what I think it is? Am I an exit despite…
unnamed
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Tor Browser key problem
After I verified the key for the Tor Browser I got this error message (translated from Swedish):
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a reliable signature!
gpg: There is nothing that indicates that the signature belongs to the…
SignatureMess
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implementation for Tor directory server?
Is the code of the Tor directory servers open sourced?
If i would like to run my own for the purpose of experimenting, what is the easiest way to do it?
dandroid
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Why is my Tor browser not working?
I use a Ubuntu linux and I recently installed Tor and created a few .onion sites. When I first did this, I was able to pull them up with localhost on my normal internet or open the Tor browser and go to my .onion site and see it there.
After adding…
theintern
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Are there any effective traffic generation tools
One of the tactics discussed as a measure to defend against traffic correlation/timing attacks, is to have your Tor client sending traffic on a consistent basis.
For example: If a client was always sending traffic 24x7, it would be more difficult…
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How to put entire pc behinde Tor
When I use Hotspot shield ( in full protection mode ) , my pc , entirely goes under anonymity and protection . How i can do the same thing in Tor . I want when successfully run tor browser , my entire network connection goes under protection and…
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