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+ | ====== TOR ====== | ||
+ | ===== What is Tor? ===== | ||
- | Enable | + | Tor ("The Onion Router" |
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- | Selected | + | 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. |
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+ | The encryption process that Tor software uses obscures users' identities, requests, communications, | ||
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+ | For more details about how Tor works, please see here: [[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Limitations ==== | ||
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+ | === Speed === | ||
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+ | Encryption, anonymization and multiple hops come at 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 includes its own internal DNS system which is specifically authoritative for the " | ||
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+ | ===== TOR Settings ===== | ||
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+ | **Enable TOR: | ||
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+ | **Socks Port:** | ||
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+ | **Trans Port: | ||
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+ | **DNS Port: | ||
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+ | **Data Directory: | ||
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+ | **Only resolve .onion/.exit domains: | ||
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+ | **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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+ | * LANx - Allows you to choose specific subnets whose client devices can access Tor sites. | ||
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+ | **Redirect TCP Ports:** Narrows down the Tor redirection rule to destination | ||
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+ | * HTTP only (TCP 80) | ||
+ | * HTTP + HTTPS (TCP 80 + TCP 443) | ||
+ | * Selected Ports | ||
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+ | **Custom Configuration:** Here, you can define custom/ | ||
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+ | ===== TOR Notes and Troubleshooting ===== | ||
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+ | 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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