Revision of Tor from Sat, 07/26/2014 - 05:13

The goal of this manual is to help users setup tor and connect to the tor anonymity network.

What is Tor?

Official Documentation: Tor: Overview

Tor describes itself as "a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to improve their privacy and security on the Internet."

By using tor users can remain anonymous when using the web or bypass censorship on the Internet.

In 2010 Tor won the Free Software Foundation's Award for Projects of Social Benefit

Things to know before using tor

• Full list of tor warnings

• Use the Tor Browser abrowser with TorButton
  • Our recommendation is contrary to Tor Project's because Tor's version of firefox does not meet the requirements of the GFDL
• Don't enable or install browser plugins
• Use HTTPS versions of websites
• Don't open documents downloaded through Tor while online
• Use bridges and/or find company

Installing Tor

Tor is in the Trisquel repositories and can be installed with the following command using the terminal:

sudo apt-get install tor

Configuring programs to use Tor

• Bittorrent over Tor isn't a good idea
• Connect to Freenode's IRC server anonymously with Tor

Use a transparent proxy for a single user

• Use a transparent proxy for your whole system
• Or create a user that can only connect to Tor

Additional information

• Tor Project
• FSF: 2010 Free Software Awards announced
• FSF: Are you up to the Tor challenge?