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@@ -14,8 +14,21 @@

     <h1>Tor FAQ</h1>

     <hr>

-    <p><a href="#General">General questions:</a></p>

+    <p><a href="#General">General questions:</a><br />

+    <a href="#CompilationAndInstallation">Compilation and Installation:</a><br />

+    <a href="#TBBGeneral">Tor Browser Bundle (general):</a><br />

+    <p>Tor Browser Bundle (3.x series):</p>

+    <a href="#AdvancedTorUsage">Advanced Tor usage:</a><br />

+    <a href="#RunningATorRelay">Running a Tor relay:</a><br />

+    <a href="#TorHiddenServices">Tor hidden services:</a><br />

+    <a href="#Development">Development:</a><br />

+    <a href="#AnonymityAndSecurity">Anonymity and Security:</a><br />

+    <a href="#AlternateDesigns">Alternate designs that we don't do (yet):</a><br />

+    <a href="#Abuse">Abuse:</a></p>

+<hr>

+

+    <p>General questions:</p>

     <ul>

     <li><a href="#WhatIsTor">What is Tor?</a></li>

     <li><a href="#Torisdifferent">How is Tor different from other

@@ -45,7 +58,7 @@ proxies?</a></li>

     fingerprints?</a></li>

     </ul>

-    <p><a href="#CompilationAndInstallation">Compilation and Installation:</a></p>

+    <p>Compilation and Installation:</p>

     <ul>

     <li><a href="#HowUninstallTor">How do I uninstall Tor?</a></li>

@@ -53,8 +66,6 @@ proxies?</a></li>

     page?</a></li>

     <li><a href="#GetTor">Your website is blocked in my country. How

     do I download Tor?</a></li>

-    <li><a href="#CompileTorWindows">How do I compile Tor under

-Windows?</a></li>

     <li><a href="#VirusFalsePositives">Why does my Tor executable appear to

     have a virus or spyware?</a></li>

     <li><a href="#tarballs">How do I open a .tar.gz or .tar.xz file?</a></li>

@@ -62,7 +73,7 @@ Windows?</a></li>

 includes Tor?</a></li>

     </ul>

-    <p><a href="#TBBGeneral">Tor Browser Bundle (general):</a></p>

+    <p>Tor Browser Bundle (general):</p>

     <ul>

     <li><a href="#TBBFlash">Why can't I view videos on YouTube and other

@@ -101,7 +112,7 @@ unsafe?</a></li>

     with my application?</a></li>

     </ul>

-    <p><a href="#TBB3.x">Tor Browser Bundle (3.x series):</a></p>

+    <p>Tor Browser Bundle (3.x series):</p>

     <ul>

     <li><a href="#WhereDidVidaliaGo">Where did the world map (Vidalia) 

@@ -119,7 +130,7 @@ unsafe?</a></li>

     I verify a build?</a></li>

     </ul>

-    <p><a href="#AdvancedTorUsage">Advanced Tor usage:</a></p>

+    <p>Advanced Tor usage:</p>

     <ul>

     <li><a href="#torrc">I'm supposed to "edit my torrc". What does

@@ -145,7 +156,7 @@ country)

     SOCKS is leaking DNS requests?</a></li>

     </ul>

-    <p><a href="#RunningATorRelay">Running a Tor relay:</a></p>

+    <p>Running a Tor relay:</p>

     <ul>

     <li><a href="#HowDoIDecide">How do I decide if I should run a relay?

@@ -206,14 +217,14 @@ relay.</a></li>

     run my own?</a></li>

     </ul>

-    <p><a href="#TorHiddenServices">Tor hidden services:</a></p>

+    <p>Tor hidden services:</p>

     <ul>

     <li><a href="#AccessHiddenServices">How do I access hidden services?</a></li>

     <li><a href="#ProvideAHiddenService">How do I provide a hidden service?</a></li>

     </ul>

-    <p><a href="#Development">Development:</a></p>

+    <p>Development:</p>

     <ul>

     <li><a href="#WhoIsResponsible">Who is responsible for Tor?</a></li>

@@ -228,7 +239,7 @@ relay.</a></li>

     into Tor?</a></li>

     </ul>

-    <p><a href="#AnonymityAndSecurity">Anonymity and Security:</a></p>

+    <p>Anonymity and Security:</p>

     <ul>

     <li><a href="#WhatProtectionsDoesTorProvide">What protections does Tor 

     provide?</a></li>

@@ -258,7 +269,7 @@ uses.</a></li>

     <li><a href="#LearnMoreAboutAnonymity">Where can I learn more about anonymity?</a></li>

     </ul>

-    <p><a href="#AlternateDesigns">Alternate designs that we don't do (yet):</a></p>

+    <p>Alternate designs that we don't do (yet):</p>

     <ul>

     <li><a href="#EverybodyARelay">You should make every Tor user be a

@@ -289,7 +300,7 @@ packets,

     <li><a href="#IPv6">Tor should support IPv6.</a></li>

     </ul>

-    <p><a href="#Abuse">Abuse:</a></p>

+    <p>Abuse:</p>

     <ul>

     <li><a href="#Criminals">Doesn't Tor enable criminals to do bad

 things?</a></li>

@@ -1087,51 +1098,6 @@ of any package you download, especially when you get it from somewhere

 other than our official HTTPS website.

 </p>

-<hr>

-

-    <a id="CompileTorWindows"></a>

-    <h3><a class="anchor" href="#CompileTorWindows">How do I compile Tor

-under Windows?</a></h3>

-

-    <p>

-    Try following the steps at <a

-href="<gitblob>doc/tor-win32-mingw-creation.txt">

-    tor-win32-mingw-creation.txt</a>.

-    </p>

-

-    <p>

-    (Note that you don't need to compile Tor yourself in order to use

-    it. Most people just use the packages available on the <a

-href="<page

-    download/download>">download page</a>.)

-    </p>

-

-    <hr>

-

-    <a id="VirusFalsePositives"></a>

-    <h3><a class="anchor" href="#VirusFalsePositives">Why does my Tor

-executable appear to have a virus or spyware?</a></h3>

-

-    <p>

-    Sometimes, overzealous Windows virus and spyware detectors trigger

-on some

-    parts of the Tor Windows binary. Our best guess is that these are

-false

-    positives — after all, the anti-virus and anti-spyware

-business is just a

-    guessing game anyway. You should contact your vendor and explain

-that you have

-    a program that seems to be triggering false positives. Or pick a

-better vendor.

-    </p>

-

-    <p>

-    In the meantime, we encourage you to not just take our word for

-    it. Our job is to provide the source; if you're concerned, please do

-<a

-    href="#CompileTorWindows">recompile it yourself</a>.

-    </p>

-

     <hr>

     <a id="tarballs"></a>

@@ -1876,6 +1842,9 @@ configuration should work fine for most Tor users.

 <p>

 If you installed Tor Browser Bundle, look for

 <code>Data/Tor/torrc</code> inside your Tor Browser Bundle directory. 

+On OS X, you must right-click or command-click on the browser bundle icon, 

+and select "Show Package Contents" before the Tor Browser directories become 

+visible. 

 </p>

 <p>

 Tor puts the torrc file in <code>/usr/local/etc/tor/torrc</code> if you compiled tor from source, and <code>/etc/tor/torrc</code> or <code>/etc/torrc</code> if you installed a pre-built package.</p>