Questions tagged [tor]
A free software implementation of second-generation onion routing, a system enabling its users to communicate anonymously on the Internet.
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Set up Tor Gateway
I have two Devuan virtual machines running on qemu-kvm. How can I get one of them to run in Gateway mode and route all network connections through Tor? How to set up such a system via terminal?
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Torsocks prevent starting firefox and using sudo
I recently activated torsocks with source torsocks on and then restarted my Fedora 37 machine. After that I wasn't able to execute any commands as sudo anymore with the message /usr/bin/sudo: ...
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How to use torsocks with GUI apps?
torsocks is a command that forces programs to use Tor. I tested its effectiveness by curling a site that returns my external IP.
$ torsocks curl ip.me
109.70.100.1
Then I searched the IP on the ...
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How are some websites able to detect on which OS I am running the Tor Browser?
Tor Browser conceals the user's operating system by spoofing user agents. Currently it is Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/102.0. I decided to test whether the function ...
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apt broken by "Conflicting values set for option Signed-By" (tor related)
I was trying to remove, then reinstall, tor browser.
apt is now no longer working;
sudo apt update
E: Conflicting values set for option Signed-By regarding source https://deb.torproject.org/...
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How to block all outbound traffic except Tor
I have tried to use these rules with iptables but after I have used same rules in ip6tables, it has blocked everything.
Why do my ip6tables rules block everything?
iptables -F OUTPUT
iptables -A ...
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Add the gpg key used to sign the packages by running the following wget | gpg | tee >/dev/null command
I was preparing my Kali Linux to run a Tor's Middle Relay. I was doing Tor Project's Repository configuration according to this site.
I made steps 1 and 2. The 3rd step was to add the gpg key used to ...
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Not able to use tor and curl, for a specific website
If I run
curl -L -v --socks5-hostname localhost:9050 https://unix.stackexchange.com/
I get back the stackexchange webpage.
If I use the below URL
curl -L -v --socks5-hostname localhost:9050 https://...
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How to set up onion service?
I want to serve a website through tor, so that I don't have to pay a hosting service or provide my ip to the users.
I've followed the steps on Arch Wiki and torproject.org:
Step 0: Get a working Tor
$ ...
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How to use wget with Tor when Tor is censored?
I know how to use Tor Browser, and when I connected the Tor Network via Tor Browser, the command
curl --socks5-hostname localhost:9150 -O https://dist.torproject.org/tor-0.4.7.10.tar.gz
works well, ...
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How to change Tor port in Kali
i would like to change default tor port from 9050 to 9150.
Editing /etc/tor/torsocks5.conf i can see these:
TorPort 9050
so, changing to 9150, it should work, right? it doesnt.
> sudo vi /etc/tor/...
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How to configure proxychains the right way?
I configured proxychains following a couple tutorials on the web which were pretty much all the same, as they showed the configuration using Tor service. The problem I'm having is that my DNS is being ...
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Concerning tails os and proxychains - getting denied connection
I've been trying to run a wallet app in tails os ver 4.28 with no success. I'm getting denied error when using it with proxychains. Being a noob here, would someone assist me in letting me know what I'...
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Systemd: service.tor started too quickly
I'm using tor service for my script but I get this error:
The job identifier is 17084 and the job result is failed.
Şub 26 03:12:11 Ugroon systemd[1]: tor.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
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How do I block Tor on Linux?
I want to block Tor Browser on a Linux computer (Debian 10).
Being more specific: I want to block local users from launching Tor browser on this machine.
There is a single user account on the system ...
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Tor (Relay) observed 2MB/s but I have 10MB/s [closed]
If I go to speedtest.net it shows me 300Mb/s download and 31Mb/s upload.
Tor still observes that I have 2MB/s only. Today before nyx recored 3MB/s, Tor still observes 2MB/s. (Now 2.3MB/s)
I have a ...
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Make npm work in tails
The latest tails comes with nodejs v10.24.0. Trying to get tails to run a newer node has been unsuccessful even after running script from deb.nodesource.com/setup_14x which said buster was unsupported....
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Send ssh through tor
I want to use Tor like this:
ssh -N -D 8070 [email protected] -p 22 --> Tor --> internet
I understand Tor can be routed --thru port--> 8070. Also or in conjunction tor can be routed ...
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How to drop all unnecessary UDP traffic on INPUT chain?
About 2 weeks ago, I started running a Tor relay, which itself operates solely on TCP.
So, I would like to drop all UDP packets, which are unneeded.
But I don't know, what is actually needed (if ...
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torrc doesn't contain the "location-hidden services" section
I'm trying to create a .onion website, but my torrc file doesn't contain the
############### This section is just for location-hidden services ###
part, instead, it contains only this:
# This file ...
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Review iptables on a VPS (running Tor non-exit relay)
Could anyone help me with a review of my iptables rules (running a new Tor relay server), please?
I'm running a Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye), fully updated.
I drop everything in INPUT chain by ...
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Warning error while starting Tor service in Kali
I'm facing the below-mentioned issue while starting Tor service using command, ‘Tor service’, in Kali terminal, if anyone could help me out to fix this it would be a big help.
root@kali:~# tor service
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error while installing tor-browser
I was following the tutorial to install tor-browser. I was installing/unpacking the git repo. I had successfully executed following command
makepkg -s
When I executed
sudo pacman -U tor-browser-...
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Unable to unpack tor-browser git repo
I was going to install tor-browser. I had download package from here. I had cloned a git repo
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/tor-browser.git
Then, I was trying to unpack it.
cd tor-browser
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How to install tor browser in Kali Linux?
How to install Tor Browser in Kali linux?
Is it possible to install Tor Browser using the package manager in the same way as Debian 11?
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build tor-browser on Linux aarch64 (Raspberry Pi 4)
I am trying to build torbrowser on a Linux (kali) machine running on Raspberry Pi4 (ARMv8=aarch64) but cannot figure out how. I cannot use normal tor (the one installed with sudo apt install tor or ...
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Use Tor Browser as Default alongside Firefox in GNOME
My system comes with Firefox as its browser and I have installed Tor Browser for my user. It took me a while to determine how to register Tor Browser as GNOME's default browser (Settings > Details &...
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How to redirect all network traffic through Tor?
The Tor browser only directs it's traffic through tor. How can I do the same with all of the network traffic on Ubuntu? Are there any programs or packages to do this?
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Application from /opt has no permissions
I want to install the Tor Browser on Kubuntu.
I tend to slap everything into ~, but it quickly gets messy. So, I'd like to install them "properly".
I downloaded the Tor Browser, ran
sudo cp -...
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How to use unix domain socket for tor socks
I am trying to setup a unix socks socket for tor usage instead of port 9050 in the hopes to gain a tiny bit of performance. However I am getting the below error:
Oct 21 11:53:54 HOSTNAME Tor[992986]: ...
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Tor Browser launcher quits immediately
I tried to run Tor Browser, installed from the Ubuntu 20.04 official repository. First the browser just wouldn't start:
$ torbrowser-launcher
Tor Browser Launcher
By Micah Lee, licensed under MIT
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Make Tor use only one specified ip address
I want to use a specific ip from Tor without changing it, even if Tor restart/close.
I'm aware that by using Tor, either by using custom flags on Tor service/process, or by editing the config, one can ...
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Tor Launcher Command Analysis
I'm very beginner interested in scripting and right now I'm just curious what executes every part of the following command (from Tor launcher)
sh -c '"/home/user/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/start-...
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peg thunderbird to older version or install a second instance
I am thinking of trying the thunderbird add-on torbirdy
The problem is, it only works up to Thunderbird version 60.2.1 from October 2018. I am running Debian Buster which updates Thunderbird ...
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curl: (7) Can't complete SOCKS5 connection to 0.0.0.0:0. (1)
I'm using zeta0/alpine-tor, yet I am getting mixed results while trying to access two separate .onion address(s):
# docker run -d -p 5566:5566 -p 2090:2090 -e tors=25 zeta0/alpine-tor
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gpg recv-keys error: DBG: Not enabled <Dirmngr>, keyserver receive failed: Not enabled
command:
gpg -vvv --debug-all --recv-keys A8BD96F8FD24E96B60232807B3B4C3CECC10C662
output:
gpg: Note: no default option file '/home/user/.gnupg/gpg.conf'
gpg: using character set 'utf-8'
gpg: enabled ...
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How to install tor on RHEL8
I am unable to install tor on RHEL8.1. I create a repository file: /etc/yum.repos.d/tor.repo containing
[tor]
name=Tor experimental
repo enabled=1 baseurl=http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/rpm/...
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Somehow, someway, gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found
Trying to install tor through this websites guide. Working well, until I reach a SIGNATURE VERIFICATION FAILED error. They said to run this command to fix the key:
gpg --homedir "$HOME/.local/share/...
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Debian Tor Node - Can't update to newer version
I run a tor node on debian. Nyx says that my version (0.2.9.16 (git-9ef571339967c1e5)) is obsolete.
But when I try to do apt update && apt upgrade, nothing happens, all packages seem up to ...
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How do I update tor in Devuan
Well, I was trying to enter some onion sites but I wasn't able to, so I checked my tor version and it was Tor version 0.2.9.16 (git-9ef571339967c1e5)., do you guys know how to update on the console?
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Cannot install tor because of libevent
I am trying to install tor on Kali Linux 2019.4 and keep getting the following issue after running apt-get install tor.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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Separate clipboard for torbrowser [duplicate]
I'm running torbrowser on Debian. klipper saves the history of my clipboard. I would like to desactivate this feature for tor browser, so that I can use the copy-paste functions "locally", without ...
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No multiple *.onion domain possible
I have some problems with adding a second *.onion address. I added following:
HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/
HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:80
HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/...
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Debian Tor Browser Showing a Black Screen
I’ve just moved from Stretch to Buster with a Cinnamon desktop. This more or less does everything I need except that I also load stable firefox (using snap), AirVPN and Tor from the buster-backport ...
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IP address not changed using Tor via CLI
I have installed Tor via the CLI and rebooted. I call service tor start and get prompted to enter my root password. To confirm the service is running I call service tor status which confirms Tor is ...
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What 'file sets' to install on a basic OpenBSD server to be used as a Tor relay?
I want to install a minimal OpenBSD 6.5 (x86_64) server to run a Tor relay. On Debian I would select ssh-server and usually standard system utilities in tasksel for a basic server install. What is the ...
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script runs under my user but fails under root and cron
Using some google and questions, I made this bash script
if [[ $(curl --socks5 localhost:9050 --socks5-hostname localhost:9050 -s https://check.torproject.org/ | cat | grep -m 1 Congratulations | ...
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Having trouble installing Vidalia
I am trying to install Vidalia on my Ubuntu 18.04 following this https://people.torproject.org/~sysrqb/webwml/docs/debian-vidalia.html.en
However gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv 886DDD89 ...
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use Tor to redirect terminal command using HTTPTunnelPort
I am trying to redirect terminal commands through Tor. However i get the following error when I want to check my public IP address.
$ curl https://ipinfo.io/ip
curl: (35) OpenSSL SSL_connect: ...
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How do I change route (IP) of tor service from the command line?
I'm using the tor package coming with the debian-testing distribution:
Package: tor
Version: 0.3.5.8-1
I'm frequently using it in combination with proxychains like:
proxychains -q curl -s -L https:/...
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