If you are on Linux, I also recommend proxychains.

Most network capable applications have a proxy feature.įor easy configuration of your TOR router, and if you are new to TOR, try vidalia (GUI configuration app) to setup and configure your TOR router. To prevent Firefox from doing DNS lookups from localhost enter about:config in the URL text field and double click on the _remote_dns to set it to true. This should route your web traffic through TOR.

Then add the TOR relay IP/host, i.e., localhost or 127.0.0.1, and the port, i.e., 9050, as a socks host (leave others blank). You can also achieve similar results with VirtualBox, or other virtualization software.Īs for Firefox, once you have a TOR router setup, you need to go into the network proxy settings, Preferences>Advanced>Network Tab>Settings. I often have a second router running wifi that is setup to be a TOR transparent proxy for quick complete protection. Fo the number of middle nodes, the short answer is with the torrc file.Ī TOR transparent Proxy is one way you can setup a router which will only connect to TOR.

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