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====== TOR ====== | ====== TOR ====== | ||
- | Enable TOR - Be patient. Starting the TOR client can take from several seconds to several minutes. | + | ===== What is Tor? ===== |
- | \\ Selected IP`s - ex: 1.2.3.4,1.1.0/24,1.2.3.1-1.2.3.4 | + | Tor ("The Onion Router" |
- | \\ Selected Ports - ex: one port (80), few ports (80,443,8888), range of ports (80:88), mix (80, | + | 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 |
- | Caution! If your router has only 32MB of RAM, you'll have to use swap space on permanent storage. | + | The encryption process that Tor software uses obscures users' identities, requests, communications, |
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+ | ==== Limitations ==== | ||
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+ | === Speed === | ||
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+ | Encryption, anonymization and multiple hops come with a price. Tor slows your network traffic, since the path that packets take is more complex (circuitous) than with normal traffic. You will probably not want to send interactive traffic over the Tor network. Nor is it recommended that you do heavy downloading (such as Torrents) via Tor. The multiple hops increases latency significantly. | ||
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+ | === Domain resolution === | ||
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+ | The Tor network comes with its own internal DNS system and specifically is authoritative for the '' | ||
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+ | {{: | ||
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+ | **Custom Configuration**: | ||
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+ | ===== TOR Notes ===== | ||
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+ | Warning! If your router has only 32MB of RAM, you'll have to use swap space on permanent storage | ||