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advanced-tor [2023/06/20 01:13] – [TOR Settings] -update link to DHCP/DNS/TFTP menu hogwildadvanced-tor [2024/05/08 15:41] – [What is Tor?] -changed "to" to "through" hogwild
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 Tor ("The Onion Router") is a security protocol used to increase the anonymity of Internet traffic. Tor's "Onion" routing is implemented at the application layer of the OSI model of the network stack. The TOR network is run as a free, worldwide, volunteer-run overlay network consisting of more than seven thousand relays. Tor ("The Onion Router") is a security protocol used to increase the anonymity of Internet traffic. Tor's "Onion" routing is implemented at the application layer of the OSI model of the network stack. The TOR network is run as a free, worldwide, volunteer-run overlay network consisting of more than seven thousand relays.
  
-When you use the Tor browser, the Tor network does not directly connect your computer to that website. Instead, traffic from your browser is intercepted by Tor and bounced to a random number of other Tor users’ computers before passing the request to its final website destination. The same process is reversed to enable the destination website to communicate with you, the Tor user.+When you use the Tor browser, the Tor network does not directly connect your computer to that website. Instead, traffic from your browser is intercepted by Tor and bounced through a random number of other Tor users’ computers before passing the request to its final website destination. The same process is reversed to enable the destination website to communicate with you, the Tor user.
  
 The encryption process that Tor software uses obscures users' identities, requests, communications, and transactions while still enabling them to use the Internet as they normally would. The encryption process that Tor software uses obscures users' identities, requests, communications, and transactions while still enabling them to use the Internet as they normally would.
  
 For more details about how Tor works, please see here: [[https://skerritt.blog/how-does-tor-really-work/|Skerritt Blog: How does Tor Really work?]] For more details about how Tor works, please see here: [[https://skerritt.blog/how-does-tor-really-work/|Skerritt Blog: How does Tor Really work?]]
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 ==== Limitations ==== ==== Limitations ====
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-**Only resolve .onion/.exit domains:**  If this is enabled, only .onion domains will be redirected towards the Tor network. Please Note that you must also enable the ''Resolve .onion using Tor''  (assuming Tor is enabled) option in the //Advanced///[[advanced-dhcpdns|DHCP/DNS/TFTP]] menu.+**Only resolve .onion/.exit domains:**  If this is enabled, only .onion domains will be redirected towards the Tor network. Please Note that you must also enable the ''Resolve .onion using Tor''  (assuming Tor is enabled) option in the [[advanced-dhcpdns|DHCP/DNS/TFTP]] menu.
  
 **Redirect all users from:  **Here, you can specify the source LANs or client IP addresses which will be be permitted to use Tor. **Redirect all users from:  **Here, you can specify the source LANs or client IP addresses which will be be permitted to use Tor.
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-**Custom Configuration:**  In this field, you can define custom/advanced parameters, as found in the official [[https://www.torproject.org/|Tor Documentation]].\\+**Custom Configuration:**  Here, you can define custom/advanced parameters, as found in the official [[https://www.torproject.org/|Tor Documentation]].\\
  
  
-===== TOR Notes =====+===== TOR Notes and Troubleshooting =====
  
 Warning! If your router has 32MB of RAM or less, you must use swap space on permanent storage to ensure proper functioning. Warning! If your router has 32MB of RAM or less, you must use swap space on permanent storage to ensure proper functioning.
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advanced-tor.txt · Last modified: 2024/05/08 15:44 by hogwild

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