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authorRoger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org>2006-02-04 19:53:05 +0000
committerRoger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org>2006-02-04 19:53:05 +0000
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parentf0fe4feb00bcb85134a293fc25eebc9ea329c37e (diff)
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link to goodell's tor detector script rather than the
traditional ip-checking sites. svn:r5908
-rw-r--r--doc/tor-doc-osx.html21
-rw-r--r--doc/tor-doc-unix.html21
-rw-r--r--doc/tor-doc-win32.html24
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tor-doc-osx.html b/doc/tor-doc-osx.html
index b7f726e67..4447ad113 100644
--- a/doc/tor-doc-osx.html
+++ b/doc/tor-doc-osx.html
@@ -174,19 +174,14 @@ HOWTO</a>.
<br />
<p>
-<a href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid.shat.net</a> and
-<a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a>
-are sites that show what IP address and country you appear to be coming
-from.
-</p>
-
-<p>If you don't know your current public IP address, this may not be a
-very useful test. To learn your IP address, run "<tt>ifconfig</tt>".
-If you are behind a NAT or firewall, though, you won't be able
-to learn your public IP address. In this case, you should 1) configure
-your browser to connect directly (that is, stop using Privoxy), 2) check
-your IP address with one of the sites above, 3) point your browser back
-to Privoxy, and 4) see whether your IP address has changed.
+Next, you should try using your browser with Tor and make
+sure that your IP address is being anonymized. Click on the <a
+href="http://serifos.eecs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/ipaddr.pl?tor=1">Tor
+detector</a> and see whether it thinks you're using Tor or not.
+(If that site is down, you can try <a
+href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid.shat.net</a> and <a
+href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a>, but to use those you'll
+need to know your current IP address so you can compare.)
</p>
<p>If you have a personal firewall that limits your computer's
diff --git a/doc/tor-doc-unix.html b/doc/tor-doc-unix.html
index a1bfea418..3fb4bdf13 100644
--- a/doc/tor-doc-unix.html
+++ b/doc/tor-doc-unix.html
@@ -159,19 +159,14 @@ HOWTO</a>.
<br />
<p>
-<a href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid.shat.net</a> and
-<a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a>
-are sites that show what IP address and country you appear to be coming
-from.
-</p>
-
-<p>If you don't know your current public IP address, this may not be a
-very useful test. To learn your IP address, run "<tt>ifconfig</tt>".
-If you are behind a NAT or firewall, though, you won't be able
-to learn your public IP address. In this case, you should 1) configure
-your browser to connect directly (that is, stop using Privoxy), 2) check
-your IP address with one of the sites above, 3) point your browser back
-to Privoxy, and 4) see whether your IP address has changed.
+Next, you should try using your browser with Tor and make
+sure that your IP address is being anonymized. Click on the <a
+href="http://serifos.eecs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/ipaddr.pl?tor=1">Tor
+detector</a> and see whether it thinks you're using Tor or not.
+(If that site is down, you can try <a
+href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid.shat.net</a> and <a
+href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a>, but to use those you'll
+need to know your current IP address so you can compare.)
</p>
<p>If you have a personal firewall that limits your computer's
diff --git a/doc/tor-doc-win32.html b/doc/tor-doc-win32.html
index 77c6ca216..d15d2fa4e 100644
--- a/doc/tor-doc-win32.html
+++ b/doc/tor-doc-win32.html
@@ -173,22 +173,14 @@ system notification area, as shown below:
src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-win32-torcp.png">
<p>
-Next, you should try using your browser with Tor and make sure
-that your IP address is being anonymized.
-<a href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid.shat.net</a> and
-<a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a>
-are sites that show what IP address and country you appear to be coming
-from. Click on one of them and see what it says.
-</p>
-
-<p>If you don't know your current public IP address, this may not be a
-very useful test. To learn your IP address, go to the Start menu, click
-Run and enter "<tt>cmd</tt>". At the command prompt, enter "<tt>ipconfig
-/a</tt>". If you are behind a NAT or firewall, though, you won't be able
-to learn your public IP address. In this case, you should 1) configure
-your browser to connect directly (that is, stop using Privoxy), 2) check
-your IP address with one of the sites above, 3) point your browser back
-to Privoxy, and 4) see whether your IP address has changed.
+Next, you should try using your browser with Tor and make
+sure that your IP address is being anonymized. Click on the <a
+href="http://serifos.eecs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/ipaddr.pl?tor=1">Tor
+detector</a> and see whether it thinks you're using Tor or not.
+(If that site is down, you can try <a
+href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid.shat.net</a> and <a
+href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a>, but to use those you'll
+need to know your current IP address so you can compare.)
</p>
<p>If you have a personal firewall that limits your computer's