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+++ advanced-tor [2023/05/01 23:41] – [TOR] -Rewrite intro. Add Subhead What is TOR. Add 3rd level subheads hogwild
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 ====== TOR ======
-Tor a.k.a. "The Onion Router" 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 is likely to be affected negatively. You will not want to send interactive traffic over the Tor network nor heavy downloads as the multi-hop increases latency significantly.\\
+===== What is Tor? =====
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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.
-**Enable TOR** - Be patient. Starting the TOR client can take from several seconds to several minutes.\\
-**Socket Port**:FIXME\\
-**Trans Port**:FIXME\\
-**DNS Port**:FIXME\\
-**Data Directory**: Specify where you want Tor to store its own temporarily data.\\
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+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/.exit domains**: If enabled only .onions domains will be redirected towards the tor network. Please note you will also have to enable the Advanced-DHCP/DNS option: ''Solve .onion using Tor (enable Tor first)''\\
-**Redirect all users from**: LANx/Selected IPs - You can define the gere the source LAN or IPs that will be using tor.\\
+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.
-**Redirect TCP Ports**: TCP 80/TCP 80+ TCP 443/Selected Ports - Narrows down the tor redirection rule to destination port/s of interest.
+==== Limitations ====
+=== Speed ===
+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.
+=== Domain resolution ===
+The Tor network comes with its own internal DNS system and specifically is authoritative for the ''.onion'' domain, which exists exclusively within Tor. Some modern browsers feature an internal solution to resolve .onion domains like adding a suffix ''.link'' or ''.cab'' to the .onion domain. Check your browser's documentation for more information.\\
+{{:pasted:20220126-184923.png}}\\  **Enable TOR** - Be patient. Starting the TOR client can take from several seconds to several minutes.\\  **Socket Port**:FIXME\\  **Trans Port**:FIXME\\  **DNS Port**:FIXME\\  **Data Directory**: Specify where you want Tor to store its own temporarily data.\\
+{{:pasted:20220126-185229.png}}\\  **Only solve .onion/.exit domains**: If enabled only .onions domains will be redirected towards the tor network. Please note you will also have to enable the Advanced-DHCP/DNS option: ''Solve .onion using Tor (enable Tor first)''\\  **Redirect all users from**: LANx/Selected IPs - You can define the gere the source LAN or IPs that will be using tor.\\  **Redirect TCP Ports**: TCP 80/TCP 80+ TCP 443/Selected Ports - Narrows down the tor redirection rule to destination port/s of interest.
 **Custom Configuration**: Define here advanced parameters defined in the official Tor documentation.\\
 ===== TOR Notes =====

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