From 5da6958fa9aafe1b10cd4485f5a84680addb062b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Thomas=20Sj=C3=B6gren?=
To test if it's working, go to +
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. +Your local IP address is shown by the ifconfig command. +If you are behind a NAT/Firewall you can use one of the sites listed +below to check which IP you are using. +When that is done, start Tor and Privoxy and visit any of the sites again. +If everything works, your IP address should have changed. +
+ +-showmyip.com or +showmyip.com and ipid.shat.net -and see what IP and country it says you're coming from. +are sites that basically shows your present 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 cd8d4e400..4e641c095 100644 --- a/doc/tor-doc-win32.html +++ b/doc/tor-doc-win32.html @@ -117,11 +117,21 @@ DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly, which is bad for your anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous headers from your web requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like Doubleclick.
-To test if it's working, go to +
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. +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. +When that is done, start Tor and Privoxy and visit any of the sites again. +If everything works, your IP address should have changed. +
+ +-showmyip.com or +showmyip.com and ipid.shat.net -and see what IP and country it says you're coming from. +are sites that basically shows your present IP so you can see +what address and country you're coming from.
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