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 it's not working.</a></h3>

 <p>

-Are you sure Tor and Polipo are both running? If you're using Vidalia,

-you may have to click on the onion and select "Start" to launch Tor.

+Once you've installed the Tor bundle, there are two questions to ask:

+first, is your Tor able to establish a circuit? And second, is your

+Firefox correctly configured to send its traffic through Tor?

 </p>

-<p>

-Did you configure your web browser to http proxy to port 8118? Most people

-should do this simply by installing Torbutton and making sure it says

-"Tor enabled" at the bottom.

-</p>

-

-<p>

-If you are using Firefox and would like to use Tor via the Torbutton

-extension, make sure you don't have any other proxy add-on such as

-Foxy Proxy enabled, as it will bypass Torbutton's proxy settings

-for your browser. Note that using Foxy Proxy is NOT a sufficient

-substitute for Torbutton. There are many known attacks against

-a browser setup that does not include Torbutton. Read more in the

-<a href="<page torbutton/faq>">Torbutton FAQ</a> and

-the <a href="https://www.torproject.org/torbutton/design/>">Torbutton design</a>

-specification.

+<p>If Tor can establish a circuit, the onion icon in

+Vidalia will turn green. You can also check in the Vidalia

+Control Panel to make sure it says "Connected to the Tor

+network!" under Status. For those not using Vidalia, check your <a

+href="<wiki>TorFAQ#HowdoIsetuploggingorseeTorslogs">Tor logs</a> for

+a line saying that Tor "has successfully opened a circuit. Looks like

+client functionality is working."

 </p>

 <p>

-Check your <a href="<wiki>TorFAQ#HowdoIsetuploggingorseeTorslogs">Tor

-logs</a>. Do they give you any hints about what's going wrong?

+If Tor can't establish a circuit, here are some hints:

 </p>

-<p>

-Check your system clock. If it's more than a few hours off, Tor will

+<ol>

+<li>Are you sure Tor is running? If you're using Vidalia, you may have

+to click on the onion and select "Start" to launch Tor.</li>

+<li>Check your system clock. If it's more than a few hours off, Tor will

 refuse to build circuits. For XP users, synchronize your clock under

 the clock -> Internet time tab. In addition, correct the day and date

-under the 'Date & Time' Tab.

-</p>

-

-<p>

-Is your Internet connection <a

+under the 'Date &amp; Time' Tab.</li>

+<li>Is your Internet connection <a

 href="<wiki>TorFAQ#Myfirewallonlyallowsafewoutgoingports.">firewalled</a>,

 or do you normally need to use a <a

 href="<wiki>TorFAQ#MyInternetconnectionrequiresanHTTPorSOCKSproxy.">proxy</a>?

-Are you running programs like Norton Internet Security that block certain

-connections, even though you don't realize they do?

-</p>

+</li>

+<li>Are you running programs like Norton Internet Security or SELinux that

+block certain connections, even though you don't realize they do? They

+could be preventing Tor from making network connections.</li>

+<li>Are you in China, or behind a restrictive corporate network firewall

+that blocks the public Tor relays? If so, you should learn about <a

+href="<page bridges>">Tor bridges</a>.</li>

+<li>Check your <a href="<wiki>TorFAQ#HowdoIsetuploggingorseeTorslogs">Tor

+logs</a>. Do they give you any hints about what's going wrong?</li>

+</ol>

 <p>

-If you installed Polipo yourself (not from a bundle), did you edit the

-config file as described? Did you restart Polipo after this change?

-</p>

-

+Step two is to confirm that Firefox is correctly configured to send its

+traffic through Tor. Try the <a href="https://check.torproject.org/">Tor

+Check</a> site and see whether it thinks you are using Tor. See <a

+href="<wiki>TorFAQ#HowcanItellifTorisworkingandthatmyconnectionsreallyareanonymizedArethereexternalserversthatwilltestmyconnection">the

+Tor check FAQ entry</a> for details.

 <p>

-For Red Hat Linux and related systems, do you have SELinux enabled? If

-so, it might be preventing Polipo from talking to Tor. We also run across

-BSD users periodically who have local firewall rules that prevent some

-connections to localhost.

-</p>

 <p>

-When it's working, Tor should report that it "has successfully opened

-a circuit.  Looks like client functionality is working."

+If it thinks you're not using Tor, here are some hints:

 </p>

+<ol>

+<li>Did you install the Torbutton extension for Firefox? The installation

+bundles include it, but sometimes people forget to install it. Make sure

+it says "Tor enabled" at the bottom right of your Firefox window. (For

+expert users, make sure your http proxy is set to localhost port

+8118.)</li>

+<li>Do you have incompatible Firefox extensions like Foxyproxy

+installed?  If so, uninstall them. (Note that using Foxy Proxy is NOT

+a sufficient substitute for Torbutton. There are many known attacks

+against a browser setup that does not include Torbutton. Read more

+in the <a href="<page torbutton/faq>">Torbutton FAQ</a> and the <a

+href="https://www.torproject.org/torbutton/design/">Torbutton design</a>

+specification.)</li>

+<li>Check that Polipo, the http proxy that passes traffic between Firefox

+and Tor, is running. On Windows, look in the task manager and check for

+a polipo.exe. On OS X, open the utilities folder in your applications

+folder, and open Terminal.app. Then run "ps aux|grep polipo".</li>

+<li>If you're on Linux, make sure Privoxy isn't running, since it will

+conflict with the port that our Polipo configuration file picks.</li>

+<li>If you installed Polipo yourself (not from a bundle), did you edit the

+config file as described? Did you restart Polipo after this change?</li>

+<li>For Red Hat Linux and related systems, do you have SELinux enabled? If

+so, it might be preventing Polipo from talking to Tor. We also run across

+BSD users periodically who have local firewall rules that prevent some

+connections to localhost.</li>

+</ol>

+

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