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====== TOR ====== | ====== TOR ====== | ||
- | Tor or Onion network is a security project that increases anonymity of traffic. The idea is to redirect connections via random nodes in Internet. It's a complex protocol and we're not going to go much in details here but for anything extra needed as usual the official documentation is the place to consult first. Encryption, anonymization and multi-hop come with a price as the ultimate user experience | + | ===== What is Tor? ===== |
- | {{: | + | Tor ("The Onion Router" |
- | **Enable TOR** - Be patient. Starting the TOR client can take from several seconds | + | |
- | **Socket Port**: | + | |
- | **Trans Port**: | + | |
- | **DNS Port**: | + | |
- | **Data Directory**: | + | |
- | {{: | + | 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. |
- | **Only solve .onion/ | + | |
- | **Redirect all users from**: LANx/ | + | The encryption process that Tor software uses obscures users' identities, requests, communications, |
- | **Redirect TCP Ports**: TCP 80/TCP 80+ TCP 443/ | + | |
+ | ==== 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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**Custom Configuration**: | **Custom Configuration**: | ||
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===== TOR Notes ===== | ===== TOR Notes ===== |