import and flesh out helix's tbb faq entries
Roger Dingledine commited on 2011-09-27 11:39:10
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<p>Tor Browser Bundle:</p> |
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+ <li><a href="#TBBSocksPort">I'm on OSX or Linux and I want to |
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+ run another application through the Tor launched by Tor Browser |
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+ Bundle. How do I predict my SOCKS port?</a></li> |
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+ <li><a href="#TBBPolipo">I need an HTTP proxy. Where did Polipo |
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+ go?</a></li> |
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+ <li><a href="#TBBOtherBrowser">I want to use Chrome/IE/Opera/etc |
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+ with Tor.</a></li> |
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+ <li><a href="#TBBCloseBrowser">I want to leave Tor Browser Bundle |
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+ running but close the browser.</a></li> |
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+ |
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<li><a href="#GoogleCaptcha">Google makes me solve a Captcha or tells |
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me I have spyware installed.</a></li> |
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<li><a href="#GmailWarning">Gmail warns me that my account may have |
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+<a id="TBBSocksPort"></a> |
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+<h3><a class="anchor" href="#TBBSocksPort">I'm on OSX or Linux and |
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+I want to run another application through the Tor launched by Tor |
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+Browser Bundle. How do I predict my SOCKS port?</a></h3> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+Typically Tor listens for SOCKS connections on port 9050. TBB |
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+on OSX and Linux has an experimental feature where Tor listens |
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+on random unused ports rather than a fixed port each time. The |
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+goal is to avoid conflicting with a "system" Tor install, |
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+so you can run a system Tor and TBB at the same time. We're <a |
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+href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/3948">working on |
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+a feature</a> where Tor will try the usual ports first and then back |
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+off to a random choice if they're already in use. Until then, if you |
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+want to configure some other application to use Tor as a socks proxy, |
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+here's a workaround: |
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+</p> |
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+<p> |
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+In Vidalia, go to Settings->Advanced and uncheck the box that says |
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+'Configure ControlPort automatically'. Click OK and restart TBB. Your |
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+SOCKS port will then be on 9050. |
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+</p> |
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+<hr> |
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+<a id="TBBPolipo"></a> |
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+<h3><a class="anchor" href="#TBBPolipo">I need an HTTP proxy. Where did |
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+Polipo go?</a></h3> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+In the past, Tor bundles included an HTTP proxy like Privoxy or Polipo, |
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+solely to work around a bug in Firefox that was finally fixed in Firefox |
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+6. Now you don't need a separate HTTP proxy to use Tor, and in fact |
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+leaving it out makes you safer because Torbutton has better control over |
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+Firefox's interaction with websites. |
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+</p> |
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+<p> |
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+If you are trying to use some external application with Tor, step zero |
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+should be to <a href="<page download/download>#warning">read the set |
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+of warnings</a> for ways you can screw up. Step one should be to try |
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+to use a SOCKS proxy rather than an http proxy — Tor runs a SOCKS |
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+proxy on port 9050 on Windows, or <a href="#TBBSocksPort">see above</a> |
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+for OSX and Linux. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+If that fails, feel free to install privoxy or polipo. You can use <a |
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+href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbrowser.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/build-scripts/config/polipo.conf">our |
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+old polipo config file</a> if you like. However, please realize that |
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+this approach is unsupported. |
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+</p> |
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+<hr> |
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+<a id="TBBOtherBrowser"></a> |
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+<h3><a class="anchor" href="#TBBOtherBrowser">I want to use |
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+Chrome/IE/Opera/etc with Tor.</a></h3> |
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+<p> |
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+Unfortunately, Torbutton only works with Firefox right now, and without |
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+<a href="https://www.torproject.org/torbutton/en/design/">Torbutton's |
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+extensive privacy fixes</a> there are many ways for websites or other |
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+attackers to recognize you, track you back to your IP address, and so on. |
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+In short, using any browser besides Tor Browser Bundle with Tor is a |
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+really bad idea. |
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+</p> |
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+<p> |
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+We're working with the Chrome team to <a |
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+href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/google-chrome-incognito-mode-tor-and-fingerprinting">fix |
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+some bugs and missing APIs in Chrome</a> so it will be possible to write a |
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+Torbutton for Chrome. No support for any other browser is on the horizon. |
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+</p> |
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+<hr> |
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+<a id="TBBCloseBrowser"></a> |
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+<h3><a class="anchor" href="#TBBCloseBrowser">I want to leave Tor Browser |
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+Bundle running but close the browser.</a></h3> |
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+<p> |
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+We're working on a way to make this possible on all platforms. Please |
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+be patient. |
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+</p> |
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+<hr> |
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<a id="GoogleCaptcha"></a> |
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<h3><a class="anchor" href="#GoogleCaptcha">Google makes me solve a Captcha or tells me I have spyware installed.</a></h3> |
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