Tor: Users
We have an IRC discussion channel for users and operators. Go to #tor on irc.oftc.net.
We have a bugtracker. If you have a bug, especially a crash bug, read our how to report a Tor bug FAQ wiki entry first and then go to the bugtracker and tell us as much information about it as you can. (If your bug is with Privoxy, your browser, or some other application, please don't put it in our bugtracker.)
Check out weasel's graph of the number of Tor servers over time. To learn more details of the current Tor nodes, look at Geoff Goodell's list of Tor exit nodes by country. You can also fetch the latest dynamically generated directory directly. (Your Tor client fetches this automatically, so loading it yourself is just for novelty.)
The or-announce mailing list is a low volume list for announcements of new releases. The or-dev mailing list is for posting by developers only and is where we send notifications of prereleases and release candidates. The or-talk mailing list is where a lot of the discussion happens. There's also a list for cvs commits.
The hidden wiki has a list of some hidden services and other things. You need Tor and a proxy like Privoxy to access it.
See the Tor wiki for other user-contributed documentation, etc.
Here's a brief list of programs you might want to use in association with Tor:
Privoxy: an http proxy that
speaks socks4a. Also does html/cookie scrubbing. (Win32, Linux, BSD, OS X)
Switchproxy: Mozilla
extension to help you manage your proxy settings. (Firefox, Mozilla, Thunderbird)
Tor-resolve: turns hostnames into IPs privately via tor, shipped with the Tor package. (Win32, Linux, BSD, OS X)
Tsocks: a program that
intercepts connect() system calls and redirects them through Tor. (Linux, BSD)*
Torcap: similar to sockscap and freecap. has different strengths/weaknesses. (Win32)
Socat: multipurpose relay. (Linux, BSD, OS X)
Connect: adds proxy support to SSH. (Win32, Linux, BSD, OS X)
Proxychains: proxifier, supports user-defined list of proxies. (Linux, BSD, Solaris)
Freecap: redirects traffic to a SOCKS server. graphical. (Win32)
Sockscap: redirects traffic to a SOCKS server. graphical. (Win32)
TorControl: a basic
Tor controller with GUI. You'll need to set 'ControlPort 9051' in your torrc.