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<h2>Tor: Packages and source</h2>
<hr />

<p>Tor is distributed as <a href="http://www.fsf.org/">Free Software</a>
under the <a href="<svnsandbox>LICENSE">3-clause BSD license</a>.
</p>

<p>If you want Tor to become faster and more usable, please consider <a
href="<page donate>">making a donation to the Tor project</a>.
</p>

<a id="Warning"></a>
<h4><a class="anchor" href="#Warning">Warning:  Want Tor to really work?</a></h4>

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<p>...then please don't just install it and go on.  You need to change some of your habits, and reconfigure your software!</p>

<p>Tor by itself is <b>NOT</b> all you need to maintain your anonymity.
There are several major pitfalls to watch out for.
</p>

<p>First, Tor only protects Internet applications that are configured to
send their traffic through Tor &mdash; it doesn't magically anonymize
all your traffic just because you install it.  We recommend you
use <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/firefox">Firefox</a> with the <a
href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2275/">Torbutton</a> extension.

</p>

<p>Second, browser plugins such as Java, Flash, ActiveX, RealPlayer,
Quicktime, Adobe's PDF plugin, and others can be manipulated
into revealing your IP address. We recommend the <a
href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1237/">QuickJava</a> and <a
href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/433/">FlashBlock</a> extensions,
and you should probably uninstall other <a href="about:plugins">plugins</a>
in general.  YOu may want to have a browser configured with plug-ins, and another browser stripped down for use with Tor, to be able to use plug-ins when anonymity is not important, and use no plug-ins when you use Tor.  You may even want to use a text browser, such as <a href="http://lynx.browser.org/">lynx</a> when you are using Tor.

</p>

<p>Third, beware of cookies: if you ever browse without Tor and Privoxy
and a site gives you a cookie, that cookie could identify you even when
you start using Tor again. You should clear your cookies frequently. <a
href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/82/">CookieCuller</a> can help
protect any cookies you do not want to lose.
</p>

<p>Fourth, Tor anonymizes the origin of your traffic,
and it encrypts everything inside the Tor network, but <a
href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#ExitEavesdroppers">it
can't encrypt your traffic between the Tor network and its final
destination.</a>
If you are communicating sensitive information, you should use as much
care as you would on the normal scary Internet &mdash; use SSL or other
end-to-end encryption and authentication. Also, while Tor blocks attackers
on your local network from discovering or influencing your destination,
it opens new risks: malicious or misconfigured Tor exit nodes can send
you the wrong page, or even send you embedded Java applets disguised as
domains you trust.
</p>

<p>Last, be smart and learn more. Understand what Tor offers and what
it doesn't offer. This list of pitfalls isn't complete, and we need your
help <a href="<page volunteer>#Documentation">identifying and documenting
all the issues</a>.
</p>

<p>The latest stable release is <b><version-stable></b>, and the
latest development release is <b><version-alpha></b>.</p>

<p><b>Subscribe</b> to the
<a href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/">or-announce mailing list</a>
to keep informed of security advisories and new stable releases (you will
need to confirm via email):</p>

<p>There is also an <a
href="http://rss.gmane.org/gmane.network.onion-routing.announce">RSS
feed</a> of the or-announce list at <a
href="http://gmane.org">gmane.org</a>.</p>

<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Platform</th>
<th>Package</th>
<th>Setup info</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tr>
<td>Windows</td>
<td>Tor &amp; Privoxy &amp; Vidalia bundle:
<a href="<package-win32-bundle-stable>"><version-win32-bundle-stable></a> (<a href="<package-win32-bundle-stable-sig>">sig</a>),
<a href="<package-win32-bundle-alpha>"><version-win32-bundle-alpha></a> (<a href="<package-win32-bundle-alpha-sig>">sig</a>).
</td>
<td><a href="<page docs/tor-doc-win32>">Windows instructions</a></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Windows packages for experts</td>
<td><a href="<page download-windows>">Windows download page</a></td>
<td><a href="<page docs/tor-doc-win32>">Windows instructions</a></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Universal Binary</td>
<td>Tor &amp; Privoxy &amp; Vidalia bundle:
<a href="<package-osx-bundle-stable>"><version-osx-bundle-stable></a> (<a href="<package-osx-bundle-stable-sig>">sig</a>),
<a href="<package-osx-bundle-alpha>"><version-osx-bundle-alpha></a> (<a href="<package-osx-bundle-alpha-sig>">sig</a>).
</td>
<td><a href="<page docs/tor-doc-osx>">OS X instructions</a></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)</td>
<td>Tor &amp; Privoxy &amp; Vidalia bundle:
<a href="<package-oldosx-bundle-stable>"><version-oldosx-bundle-stable></a> (<a
href="<package-oldosx-bundle-stable-sig>">sig</a>),
<a href="<package-oldosx-bundle-alpha>"><version-oldosx-bundle-alpha></a> (<a href="<package-oldosx-bundle-alpha-sig>">sig</a>).
</td>
<td><a href="<page docs/tor-doc-osx>">OS X instructions</a></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Mac OS X packages for experts</td>
<td><a href="<page download-osx>">OS X download page</a></td>
<td><a href="<page docs/tor-doc-osx>">OS X instructions</a></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Linux/Unix packages</td>
<td><a href="<page download-unix>">Linux/Unix download page</a></td>
<td>
<a href="<page docs/tor-doc-unix>">Linux/Unix instructions</a>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Source tarballs</td>
<td>
<a href="<package-source-stable>"><version-stable></a> (<a href="<package-source-stable-sig>">sig</a>),
<a href="<package-source-alpha>"><version-alpha></a> (<a href="<package-source-alpha-sig>">sig</a>).
</td>
<td><kbd>./configure &amp;&amp; make &amp;&amp; src/or/tor</kbd></td>
</tr>

</table>

<br />

ds
<h2>More Information</h2>

<ul>
<li>Here is a <a href="<page mirrors>">list of
sites mirroring the Tor site</a>. Here is a <a
href="http://opensource.depthstrike.com/?category=tor">page with torrents
for each download above</a>. You can also download the
<a href="dist/">Privoxy source</a>
or <a href="dist/vidalia-bundles/">Vidalia source</a>.</li>
<li>See our <a
href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/VerifyingSignatures">FAQ
entry on verifying package signatures</a>, which allows
you to make sure you've downloaded the file we intended you to get.</li>
<li>See the <a href="<page documentation>#Developers">developer
documentation</a> for instructions on fetching Tor from SVN to get
the latest development version. Note that this version may not work or
even compile!</li>
</ul>

<hr />

<h2>Testing releases</h2>

<p>2007-03-02:
Tor 0.1.2.9-rc <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Mar-2007/msg00004.html"> makes
it work better on Windows again, and fixes a few other bugs</a>. Please
test it!
</p>

<p>2007-02-26:
Tor 0.1.2.8-beta <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Feb-2007/msg00224.html">fixes
a few crash bugs, and generally continues to clean things up. We're
getting close!</a>
</p>

<p>2007-02-06:
Tor 0.1.2.7-alpha <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Feb-2007/msg00060.html">makes
rate limiting much more comfortable for servers, along with a huge pile
of other bugfixes</a>.
</p>

<p>2007-01-09:
Tor 0.1.2.6-alpha <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Jan-2007/msg00095.html">fixes
two server crash bugs in 0.1.2.5-alpha</a>.
</p>

<p>2007-01-06:
Tor 0.1.2.5-alpha <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Jan-2007/msg00087.html">enables
write limiting by default, makes NT services more convenient and more
correct, includes better detection for misbehaving DNS on servers, and
a bunch of other features and bugfixes. The bundles also ship with the
new Vidalia 0.0.10 release</a>.
</p>

<p>2006-12-03:
Tor 0.1.2.4-alpha <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Dec-2006/msg00057.html">fixes
some bugs. The Windows and OS X bundles include the new Privoxy 3.0.6</a>.
</p>

<p>2006-10-29:
Tor 0.1.2.3-alpha <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Nov-2006/msg00030.html">starts
preparing the Tor directory authorities to integrate with Mike Perry's new
Tor controller, so we can autodetect broken exit relays. The bundles
include the new Vidalia 0.0.9 release, which features an improved
interface for setting up and configuring a Tor server. The Windows bundle
also includes Torbutton for simpler installs</a>.
</p>

<p>2006-10-09:
Tor 0.1.2.2-alpha features <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Oct-2006/msg00147.html">better load
balancing when picking paths, an automated workaround on the server-side
for ISPs that "hijack" your DNS answers, and a whole lot of bugfixes</a>.
</p>

<p>2006-08-27:
Tor 0.1.2.1-alpha features <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Aug-2006/msg00300.html">an
asynchronous DNS library from Adam Langley, better performance and memory
overhead for clients and servers, and more</a>.
</p>

<hr />

<h2>Stable releases</h2>

<p>2006-12-14:
Tor 0.1.1.26 fixes <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Dec-2006/msg00000.html">
a serious privacy bug for people who have set the HttpProxyAuthenticator
config option</a>.
</p>

<p>2006-11-04:
Tor 0.1.1.25 fixes <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Nov-2006/msg00000.html">yet
more crashes and performance bugs, as well as quieting some loud but
harmless log warnings</a>.
</p>

<p>2006-09-29:
Tor 0.1.1.24 fixes <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Oct-2006/msg00000.html">some
more crashes and performance bugs</a>.
</p>

<p>2006-07-30:
Tor 0.1.1.23 fixes <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Aug-2006/msg00000.html">more
bugs in server reachability testing,
a few more crash bugs, and an important client-side bug</a>.
Clients and servers should both upgrade.
</p>

<p>2006-07-05:
Tor 0.1.1.22 fixes <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Jul-2006/msg00000.html">reachability
testing for servers and partial directory downloads</a>. Servers should
upgrade; clients who have flaky or slow net connections will also
benefit. We also bundle with the new Vidalia version: 0.0.7.
</p>

<p>2006-06-10:
Tor 0.1.1.21 fixes <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Jun-2006/msg00000.html">minor
stability and protocol correctness problems, mainly for Tor servers. We've
also upgraded the Windows bundle with Vidalia 0.0.5, and we're
linking to a new OS X bundle with Vidalia 0.0.5 (finally a better
interface for Mac users!). Lastly, we've added support for SUSE-style
RPM packages</a>. We're still tracking down some reported bugs in Tor
server reachability testing.
</p>

<p>2006-05-23:
Tor 0.1.1.20 features <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/May-2006/msg00000.html">some
major security fixes, including entry guards to protect the beginning
of the circuit, exit enclaves to protect the end, and better firewall
support; a new directory protocol that improves bandwidth use and keeps
clients more up to date; two new directory authorities; a new ascii-based
controller protocol that lets people easily write applications to interact
with Tor; and many scalability and performance improvements</a>.
</p>

<hr />

<p>You can read the <a href="<svnsandbox>ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a> for more
details.</p>

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