On 03/17/2017 03:35 PM, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
These instructions are for Fedora 14. Is there anything more recent?It's still relevant. Works if you follow what they say. Privoxy can be a problem. Easier not to use it. In /etc/tor/torrc you can uncomment...
SOCKSPort 9050 ControlPort 9051 HashedControlPassword 16:
Then start Tor with 'tor -f /etc/tor/torrc' as a user and not as root. In Firefox change the settings under Preferences > Advanced > Network > Connection > Settings > Manual proxy configuration > Socks host = 127.0.0.1 Port 9050 Check the SockV5 box. Check Proxy DNS when using Socks V5
-- Richard
Thanks to all who replied. google also shows things like hardened-tor-browser sandboxed-tor-browser both of which together prevent the exposure of user identity. But still I am not sure it is working. How does one check to see if it is working?
Cheers,
JD