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    <a href="<page index>">Home &raquo; </a>
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    <a id="RunningTor"></a>
    <h1><a class="anchor" href="#RunningTor">Running Tor</a></h1>
    <ul>
    <li><a href="<page docs/tor-doc-windows>">Installing Tor
    on Win32</a></li>
    <li><a href="<page docs/tor-doc-osx>">Installing Tor on
    Mac OS X</a></li>
    <li><a href="<page docs/tor-doc-unix>">Installing Tor on
    Linux/BSD/Unix</a></li>
    <li><a href="<page torbutton/index>">Installing
    Torbutton for Tor</a></li>
    <li><a href="<page docs/tor-doc-relay>">Configuring a
    Tor relay</a></li>
    <li><a href="<page docs/tor-hidden-service>">Configuring
    a Tor hidden service</a></li>
    </ul>
    
    <a id="Support"></a>
    <a id="UpToSpeed"></a>
    <h1><a class="anchor" href="#UpToSpeed">Getting up to speed on Tor's past,
    present, and future</a></h1>
    
    <ol>
    <li>
    First, read the <a href="<page about/overview>">overview page</a> to get a
    basic idea of how Tor works, what it's for, and who uses it.
    </li>
    
    <li>
    <a href="<page download/download>">Install the Tor bundle</a> and try it out.
    Make sure you've got Firefox installed first, and be sure to read the
    <a href="<page download/download>#Warning">list of warnings</a> about ways you
    can screw up your anonymity.
    </li>
    
    <li>
    Our <a
    href="<page docs/faq>">FAQ</a>
    covers all sorts of topics, including questions about setting up a client
    or relay, concerns about anonymity attacks, why we didn't build Tor in
    other ways, etc.
    There's a separate <a href="<page docs/faq-abuse>">Abuse FAQ</a> to answer
    common questions from or for relay operators.
    The <a href="<page eff/tor-legal-faq>">Tor Legal FAQ</a> is written by
    EFF lawyers, and aims to give you an overview of some of the legal issues
    that arise from The Tor Project in the US.
    </li>
    
    <li>The <a href="<page docs/tor-manual>">manual</a>
    lists all the possible entries you can put in your <a
    href="<page docs/faq>#torrc">torrc
    file</a>. We also provide a <a href="<page docs/tor-manual-dev>">manual for
    the development version of Tor</a>.</li>
    
    <li>If you have questions, we have an IRC channel (for users, relay
    operators, and developers)
    at <a href="irc://irc.oftc.net/tor">#tor on irc.oftc.net</a>. If
    you have a bug, especially a crash bug, read <a
    href="<wikifaq>#MyTorkeepscrashing.">how
    to report a Tor bug</a> first and then tell us as much information
    about it as you can in
    <a href="https://bugs.torproject.org/tor">our bugtracker</a>.
    (If your bug is
    with your browser or some other application, please don't put
    it in our bugtracker.) The
    <a href="#MailingLists">tor-talk mailing list</a> can also be useful.
    </li>
    
    <li>
    <a href="<blog>">Tor has a blog</a>.
    We try to keep it updated every week or two with the latest news.
    </li>
    
    <li>
    Download and watch Roger's <a
    href="https://media.torproject.org/video/tor-internet-days-2010.mp4">overview
    talk from Internet Days in Sweden</a>, which provides good background
    on how Tor works and what it's for.
    </li>
    
    <li>
    Look through our <a href="#DesignDoc">Design
    Documents</a>. Notice that we have RFC-style specs to tell you exactly
    how Tor is built.
    </li>
    
    <li>
    There's a skeletal <a
    href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/projects/roadmaps/2008-12-19-roadmap-full.pdf">list
    of items we'd like to tackle in the future</a>. Alas, many of those
    items need to be fleshed out more before they'll make sense to people
    who aren't Tor developers, but you can still get a general sense of
    what issues need to be resolved next.
    </li>
    
    <li>
    Download and watch Nick's "Technical changes since 2004" talk from
    Defcon in July 2007 (<a
    href="http://freehaven.net/~arma/Defcon15-Mathewson-Technical_Changes_since_you_Last_Heard_about_Tor.mp4">video</a>, <a
    href="http://freehaven.net/~nickm/slides/Defcon07/TorChanges.pdf">slides</a>),
    Roger's "blocking-resistance
    and circumvention" talk from 23C3 in December 2006 (<a
    href="http://freehaven.net/~arma/23C3-1444-en-tor_and_china.m4v">video</a>,
    <a href="http://freehaven.net/~arma/slides-23c3.pdf">slides</a>,
    <a href="http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Fahrplan/events/1444.en.html">abstract</a>,
    <a href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/projects/design-paper/blocking.html">design paper</a>),
    Roger's "Current events in 2007" talk from 24C3 in December
    2007 (<a
    href="http://freehaven.net/~arma/24c3-2325-en-current_events_in_tor_development.mp4">video</a>,
    <a href="http://freehaven.net/~arma/slides-24c3.pdf">slides</a>,
    <a href="http://events.ccc.de/congress/2007/Fahrplan/events/2325.en.html">abstract</a>), and
    Roger's "Vulnerabilities in Tor" talk from 25C3 in December
    2008 (<a
    href="https://media.torproject.org/video/25c3-2977-en-security_and_anonymity_vulnerabilities_in_tor.mp4">video</a>,
    <a href="http://freehaven.net/~arma/slides-25c3.pdf">slides</a>).
    </li>
    
    <li>
    See Mike's "Securing the Tor network" talk from Defcon in July 2007
    (<a href="http://freehaven.net/~arma/Defcon15-Mike_Perry-Securing_the_Tor_Network.mp4">video</a>,
     <a href="http://freehaven.net/~arma/SecuringTheTorNetwork.pdf">slides</a>).
    It describes common ways to attack networks like Tor and how we try
    to defend against them, and it introduces the <a
    href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/torflow/trunk/README">Torflow</a>
    script collection.
    </li>
    
    <li>
    Learn about the <a
    href="<specblob>proposals/001-process.txt">Tor
    proposal process for changing our design</a>, and look over the <a
    href="<spectree>proposals">existing proposals</a>.
    </li>
    
    <li>
    Our <a href="<gitblob>doc/TODO">developer TODO file</a> starts with a
    timeline for external promises &mdash; things <a href="<page about/sponsors>">our
    sponsors</a> have paid to see done. It also lists many other tasks
    and topics we'd like to tackle next.
    </li>
    
    <li>
    Once you're up to speed, things will continue to change surprisingly fast.
    The <a href="#MailingLists">tor-dev mailing list</a> is where the complex
    discussion happens, and the #tor IRC channel
    is where the less complex discussion happens.
    </li>
    
    </ol>
    
    <a id="MailingLists"></a>
    <h1><a class="anchor" href="#MailingLists">Mailing List Information</a></h1>
    <ul>
    <li>The <a href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-announce/">tor-announce
    mailing list</a> is a low volume list for announcements of new releases
    and critical security updates. Everybody should be on this list.
    There is also an
    <a href="http://rss.gmane.org/gmane.network.onion-routing.announce">RSS
    feed</a> of tor-announce at <a href="http://gmane.org">gmane.org</a>.</li>
    <li>The <a href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk/">tor-talk list</a>
    is where a lot of discussion happens, and is where we send notifications
    of prerelease versions and release candidates.</li>
    <li>The <a href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays/">tor-relays list</a>
    is where discussions about running, configuring, and handling your tor
    relay happen.  If you currently run a relay, or are thinking about doing
    so, this is the list for you.</li>
    <li>The <a href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev/">tor-dev list</a>
    is for posting by developers only, and is very low traffic.</li>
    <li>A list for <a href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-mirrors">mirror
    operators</a> for new website mirrors, and supporting <a href="<page
    getinvolved/mirrors>">current website mirrors</a>.</li>
    <li>A list for <a href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-commits/">svn and git
    commits</a> may be interesting for developers.</li>
    <li>An automated list for <a href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-bugs/">bug
    reports from trac</a> may be interesting for users and developers.</li>
    </ul>
    
    <a id="DesignDoc"></a>
    <h1><a class="anchor" href="#DesignDoc">Design Documents</a></h1>
    <ul>
    <li>The <b>design document</b> (published at Usenix Security 2004)
    gives our justifications and security analysis for the Tor design:
    <a href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/projects/design-paper/tor-design.pdf">PDF</a> and
    <a href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/projects/design-paper/tor-design.html">HTML</a>
    versions available.</li>
    <li>Our follow-up paper on <b>challenges in low-latency anonymity</b>
    (still in draft form) details more recent experiences and directions:
    <a href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/projects/design-paper/challenges.pdf">PDF
    draft</a>.</li>
    <li>Our paper at WEIS 2006 &mdash; <b>Anonymity Loves Company:
    Usability and the Network Effect</b> &mdash; explains why usability in
    anonymity systems matters for their security: <a
    href="http://freehaven.net/anonbib/cache/usability:weis2006.pdf">PDF</a>.</li>
    <li>Our preliminary design to make it harder for large firewalls to
    prevent access to the Tor network is described in
    <b>design of a blocking-resistant anonymity system</b>:
    <a href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/projects/design-paper/blocking.pdf">PDF draft</a> and
    <a href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/projects/design-paper/blocking.html">HTML draft</a>.
    Want to <a href="<page getinvolved/volunteer>#Coding">help us build it</a>?</li>
    <li>The <b>specifications</b> aim to give
    developers enough information to build a compatible version of Tor:
    <ul>
    <li><a href="<specblob>tor-spec.txt">Main Tor specification</a></li>
    <li><a href="<specblob>dir-spec.txt">Tor
    version 3 directory server specification</a> (and older <a
    href="<specblob>dir-spec-v1.txt">version 1</a> and <a
    href="<specblob>dir-spec-v2.txt">version 2</a> directory
    specifications)</li>
    <li><a href="<specblob>control-spec.txt">Tor control protocol
    specification</a></li>
    <li><a href="<specblob>rend-spec.txt">Tor rendezvous
    specification</a></li>
    <li><a href="<specblob>path-spec.txt">Tor path selection
    specification</a></li>
    <li><a href="<specblob>address-spec.txt">Special hostnames in
    Tor</a></li>
    <li><a href="<specblob>socks-extensions.txt">Tor's SOCKS support
    and extensions</a></li>
    <li><a href="<specblob>version-spec.txt">How Tor version numbers
    work</a></li>
    <li><a href="<spectree>proposals">In-progress drafts of
    new specifications and proposed changes</a></li>
    </ul></li>
    
    </ul>
    
    <a id="NeatLinks"></a>
    <h1><a class="anchor" href="#NeatLinks">Neat Links</a></h1>
    <ul>
    <li>The <a href="<wiki>">Tor
    wiki</a> provides a plethora of helpful contributions from Tor
    users. Check it out!</li>
    <li><a
    href="<wiki>TheOnionRouter/SupportPrograms">A
    list of supporting programs you might want to use in association with
    Tor</a>.</li>
    <li><a href="https://check.torproject.org/">The
    Tor detector</a> or <a href="http://torcheck.xenobite.eu/">the other
    Tor detector</a> try to guess if you're using Tor or not.</li>
    <li>Check out one of the Tor status pages, such as <a
    href="http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/">blutmagie's</a>, or <a
    href="http://trunk.torstatus.kgprog.com/index.php">kgprog's</a>, or
    Xenobite's <a href="https://torstat.xenobite.eu/">Tor node status</a> page.
    Remember that these lists may not be as accurate as what your Tor
    client uses, because your client fetches its own directory information and
    examines it locally.</li>
    <li>Read <a
    href="http://freehaven.net/anonbib/topic.html#Anonymous_20communication">these
    papers</a> (especially the ones in boxes) to get up to speed on the field
    of anonymous communication systems.</li>
    </ul>
    
    <a id="Developers"></a>
    <h1><a class="anchor" href="#Developers">For Developers</a></h1>
      Browse the Tor <b>source repository</b>:
      <ul>
        <li><a href="<gitrepo>">Browse the repository's source tree directly</a></li>
        <li>Git and SVN access:
          <ul>
            <li><kbd>git clone git://git.torproject.org/git/tor</kbd></li>
            <li>The development branch is <kbd>master</kbd>.  The active maintenance branches are <kbd>maint-0.2.1</kbd> and <kbd>maint-0.2.2</kbd>.</li>
            <li><kbd>svn checkout https://svn.torproject.org/svn/website/trunk website</kbd></li>
          </ul>
        </li>
        <li><a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org//githax.git?a=blob;f=doc/Howto.txt;hb=HEAD">Basic instructions for using Git to contribute to Tor software.</a></li>
      </ul>
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