You can get the latest releases here. Look for the highest +version (most recent date) that includes "-win32.exe". +
+ +Our Tor installer should make everything pretty simple: +
+ +[screenshot for Tor installer that looks comforting] + +It will run Tor in a dos window so you can see its logs and +errors. (You can minimize this window, but do not close it.) +
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+Tor comes configured as a client by default. It uses a built-in +default configuration file, and most people won't need to change any of +the settings.
+ +After installing Tor, you should install privoxy, which is a filtering web proxy +that integrates well with Tor. Privoxy will appear in your system tray: +
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+You need to configure Privoxy to use Tor. Open Privoxy's main config file:
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+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):
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+Then change your browser to http proxy at localhost port 8118. +In Mozilla, this is in Edit|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies. In IE, it's +Tools|Internet Options|Connections|LAN Settings|Advanced. +You should also set your SSL proxy (IE calls it "Secure") to the same +thing, to hide your SSL traffic:
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+Using privoxy is necessary because Mozilla leaks your +DNS requests when it uses a socks proxy directly. Privoxy also gives +you good html scrubbing.
+ +To test if it's working, go to http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy +and see what IP it says you're coming from. +
+ ++If you have a personal firewall, be sure to allow local connections to +port 8118 and port 9050. If your firewall blocks outgoing connections, +punch a hole so it can connect to TCP ports 80, 443, and 9001-9033. +For more troubleshooting suggestions, see the FAQ. +
+ +To Torify an application that supports http, just point it at +Privoxy. To use socks directly, point it at localhost port 9050. For +applications that support neither socks nor http, take a look at either SocksCap +or the Hummingbird +SOCKS client. Let us know if you get them working so we can add better +instructions here.
+ + +Tor allows clients and servers to offer hidden services. That +is, you can offer an apache, sshd, etc, without revealing your IP to its +users. This works via Tor's rendezvous point design: both sides build +a Tor circuit out, and they meet in the middle.
+ +Once you've installed Tor and Privoxy, you can go to the hidden wiki to see +hidden services in action.
+ +To set up a hidden service, edit your torrc:
+ +[screenshot here of clicking on tor|torrc] + +Edit the middle part to enable your service. Then restart Tor. It will +create each HiddenServiceDir you have configured, and it will create a +'hostname' file which specifies the url (xyz.onion) for that service. You +can tell people the url, and they can connect to it via their Tor client, +assuming they're also using Tor and Privoxy.
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