Submitted by SirGrant on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 05:39
Tor
The goal of this manual is to help users setup tor and connect to the tor anonymity network.
What is Tor?
Official Documentation: Tor: OverviewTor 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
- Use the Tor Browser
- 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 but it isn't the latest version and can be installed with the following command using the terminal (as root):apt-get install torThe Tor Project recommends the latest stable version adding the repository:
Trisquel 7.0:
deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org trusty mainTrisquel 6.0:
deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org precise mainTrisquel 4.0 (old LTS - EOL on May, 2013):
deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org lucid mainThen add the gpg key used to sign the packages by running the following commands at your command prompt:
gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv 886DDD89 gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add -Now refresh your sources, running the following command (as root) at your command prompt:
apt-get updateIf there are no errors you're good to continue.
The Tor Project provide a Debian package to help you keep our signing key current. It is recommended you use it. Install it using
apt-get install deb.torproject.org-keyring
