HOWTO Anonymity with Tor on the web

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[edit] Setting Tor

As root: 

# emerge net-proxy/tsocks net-misc/tor
# cp /etc/socks/tsocks.conf.simple.example /etc/socks/tsocks.conf

COMMENT: This is the default configuration now.

Start tor: 

# cp /etc/tor/torrc.sample /etc/tor/torrc
# /etc/init.d/tor start

Add tor to the default runlevel if you want it to start on bootup. 

# rc-update add tor default

[edit] Setting Firefox

Install SwitchProxy extension for Firefox:

SwitchProxy extension

Configure SwitchProxy:

  • Under Firefox, go to the Tools -> SwitchProxy -> Manage Proxies -> Add
  • set proxy type Standard
  • set proxy name for example TOR
  • set only SOCKS Proxy to 'localhost' and Port to '9050'
  • check SOCKS v5 and continue with OK

Configure Firefox:

  • go to url: about:config
  • set filter to dns
  • set 'network.proxy.socks_remote_dns' to 'true' (by double clicking)
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