From ab0f263fb95d2c79fa0b245b854c507d9df81a1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roger Dingledine Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:58:23 +0000 Subject: more tweaks to the readme, from paul's comments svn:r369 --- README | 21 ++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 7a827bb27..22e45cd8f 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -16,17 +16,19 @@ Quickstart version for users: 2) ./configure (or do the two-line version below, if you're on bsd) 3) make 4) cd src/config -5) ../or/or -f oprc & +5) ../or/or -f oprc 6) point your mozilla (or whatever) to socks4 proxy at localhost port 9050 - In mozilla, this is in edit|preferences|advanced|proxies. + In mozilla, this is in edit|preferences|advanced|proxies. This allows you + to test to make sure tor is installed correctly. 7) make sure you've set it up correctly: go to http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy and see what IP it says - you're coming from. If it works, you're set. + you're coming from. If it works, you should probably go on to step 8, + to get better privacy. 8) Optionally, install privoxy (www.privoxy.org), and add the line "forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 ." (without the quotes) to its config - file. Then change your mozilla to http proxy at localhost port 8118. - This step will give you good html scrubbing as well. + file. Then change your mozilla to http proxy at localhost port 8118 (and + no socks proxy). This step will give you good html scrubbing as well. If this works for you, you can stop reading. Otherwise, below is a more detailed version. @@ -35,9 +37,6 @@ detailed version. Dependencies: - You're going to need Privoxy (www.privoxy.org) installed, and configured - to point at a socks4a proxy -- see below. - For tor itself, you're going to need openssl (0.9.5 or later -- including the dev stuff and includes). If you're on Linux, everything will probably work fine. OS X and BSD (but see below under @@ -87,12 +86,12 @@ Do you want to run a tor server or a tor client? How to use it for web browsing: Download privoxy (www.privoxy.org). Install it. Add the following - line to your 'config' file: + line to your 'config' file (it might be in /etc/privoxy/config) : forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 . Don't forget the . at the end. - From here, you can point your browser/etc to localhost:8118 (as an - http proxy) and your traffic will go through Privoxy, then through + From here, you can point your browser/etc to localhost port 8118 (as + an http proxy) and your traffic will go through Privoxy, then through the onion proxy, to the onion routing network. You can also ignore the whole privoxy thing and set your Mozilla to -- cgit v1.2.3