From 28dfc04674a0e32f8897e8dd482f62ba9cd436f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roger Dingledine Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 18:16:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] clean up the docs some more svn:r4199 --- doc/tor-doc-osx.html | 6 +++--- doc/tor-doc-win32.html | 4 ++-- doc/tor-doc.html | 20 +++++++++++--------- 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/tor-doc-osx.html b/doc/tor-doc-osx.html index 05af4a5b61..e5b99e1ded 100644 --- a/doc/tor-doc-osx.html +++ b/doc/tor-doc-osx.html @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ server" section at tor-doc.html.

-This document was updated May 6 2005. +This document was updated May 13 2005.

The latest beta release of Tor for Macintosh OS X is +

showmyip.com and ipid.shat.net -are sites that basically shows your present IP so you can see +are sites that show your current IP so you can see what address and country you're coming from.

diff --git a/doc/tor-doc-win32.html b/doc/tor-doc-win32.html index 4e641c0952..9e4d9ad6d7 100644 --- a/doc/tor-doc-win32.html +++ b/doc/tor-doc-win32.html @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ If you want to run a server (please do), read the "Configuring a server" section tor-doc.html.

-This document was updated May 6 2005. +This document was updated May 13 2005.

The latest beta release of Tor for Windows 32 is @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ If everything works, your IP address should have changed. showmyip.com and ipid.shat.net -are sites that basically shows your present IP so you can see +are sites that show your current IP so you can see what address and country you're coming from.

diff --git a/doc/tor-doc.html b/doc/tor-doc.html index 1701ac7b05..ebe205d3be 100644 --- a/doc/tor-doc.html +++ b/doc/tor-doc.html @@ -188,23 +188,25 @@ the source for the latest version default configuration file, and most people won't need to change any of the settings.

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After installing Tor, you should install +After installing Tor, you should install privoxy, which is a filtering web -proxy that integrates well with Tor. Add the line
+proxy that integrates well with Tor. (If you installed the Win32 or OS +X package, see those instructions instead.) +To configure privoxy to use Tor, add the line
forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .
(don't forget the dot) to privoxy's config file (you can just add it to the top). Then change your browser to http proxy at localhost port 8118. (In Mozilla, this is in Edit|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies.) You should also set your SSL proxy to the same thing, to hide your SSL traffic. Using privoxy is necessary because -Mozilla leaks your -DNS requests when it uses a SOCKS proxy directly. Privoxy also gives +most browsers leak your +DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly. Privoxy also gives you good html scrubbing.

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To test if it's working, you need to know your normal IP address so you can verify that the address really changes when running Tor. -If you are using Linux or OSX your local IP address is shown by the ifconfig +If you are using Linux or OS X your local IP address is shown by the ifconfig command. Under Windows go to the Start menu, click Run and enter cmd. At the command prompt, enter ipconfig. If you are behind a NAT/Firewall you can use one of the sites listed below to check which IP you are using. @@ -216,7 +218,7 @@ If everything works, your IP address should have changed. showmyip.com and ipid.shat.net -are sites that basically shows your present IP so you can see +are sites that show your current IP so you can see what address and country you're coming from.

@@ -283,8 +285,8 @@ you will need to copy torrc.sample to torrc first. Look for them in Make sure to define at least Nickname and ORPort. Create the DataDirectory if necessary, and make -sure it's owned by the user that will be running tor. Fix your system -clock so it's not too far off. Make sure name resolution works. +sure it's owned by the user that will be running tor. +Make sure name resolution works.
  • 2. If you are using a firewall, open a hole in your firewall so incoming connections can reach the ports you configured (i.e. ORPort, plus DirPort if you enabled it). Make sure you allow outgoing connections,