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<h1>Installing SwitchProxy for <a href="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</a></h1>
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SwitchProxy is a Firefox plugin that makes it easy for you to switch
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between using a proxy and connecting to websites directly.</p>
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<p>In this howto, you'll set up SwitchProxy to let you change
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between using Tor and a direct connection. We assume you already
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have Firefox installed and working.</p>
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<p>The screenshots here are oriented towards Windows users, but
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SwitchProxy works anywhere Firefox works. Hopefully everybody else can
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follow along just fine.</p>
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<a id="zero"></a>
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<h2><a class="anchor" href="#zero">Step Zero: Download and Install Tor and Privoxy</a></h2>
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<p>Before you start, you need to make sure 1) Tor is up and running,
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2) Privoxy is up and running, and 3) Privoxy is configured to point
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to Tor.</p>
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<p>Windows users need to do <a
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href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-win32.html#installing">step one</a>
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of the Windows Tor installation howto, and Mac OS X users need to do <a
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href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-osx.html#installing">step one</a>
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of OS X Tor installation howto, since our Win32 and OS X packages include
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Privoxy and configure it already. Linux/BSD/Unix users should do <a
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href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-unix.html#installing">step one</a>
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and <a href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-unix.html#privoxy">step
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two</a> of the Unix Tor installation howto.
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<a id="one"></a>
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<h2><a class="anchor" href="#one">Step One: Download and Install SwitchProxy</a></h2>
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<p>SwitchProxy is a Firefox plugin, so you need to go through
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the process of installing a new plugin. First, go to the <a
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href="https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=125">
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SwitchProxy</a> web page. If you're using Firefox 1.5, you might need to
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download SwitchProxy <a href="http://www.roundtwo.com/product/switchproxy">from
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here</a> instead.
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Turn on JavaScript for now and click "Install Now":</p>
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<img alt="switchproxy web page"
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src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-webpage.jpg" />
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<p>It will pop up a window asking for permission to install the plugin.
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Click on the "Install Now" button:
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<img alt="firefox plugin warning"
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src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-plugin-starting.jpg" />
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<p>Once the installer is finished, you should close all of your Firefox
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windows and restart Firefox.</p>
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<img alt="firefox plugin finished"
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src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-plugin-finished.jpg" />
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<a id="two"></a>
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<h2><a class="anchor" href="#two">Step Two: Configure SwitchProxy</a></h2>
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<p>When you restart Firefox, you'll notice there's a new toolbar
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that lets you control your proxies. Now we're going to set up a proxy
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configuration for Tor. Click on "Add" in the new Proxy toolbar:</p>
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<img alt="new toolbar"
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src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-toolbar.jpg" />
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<p>It will ask you to select a proxy type. Choose
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"Standard." (There's also an "anonymous" proxy type that
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uses an ad hoc set of anonymous proxies out there. You
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don't want this, because those other "anonymous" proxies <a
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href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#ComparisonProxyAggregators">give
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you much weaker security than Tor</a>.)
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<img alt="standard proxy"
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src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-proxytype.jpg" />
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<p>Now it will show you the standard proxy config window for Firefox.
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Give this configuration a proxy label of "tor". Then fill in "localhost"
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and "8118" for all four entries, as shown here. (Even
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though Privoxy doesn't support FTP and Gopher, <a
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href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FtpProxy">you
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should set them up anyway</a>.) Then click "OK":</p>
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<img alt="proxy config"
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src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-proxyconfig.jpg" />
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<p>Now you've created the "tor" proxy label, but you're not using it yet.
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Click on the pull-down list and select tor, as shown here:</p>
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<img alt="switch to tor"
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src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-switch.jpg" />
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<p>Almost done. Click "Apply" to make your change take effect:</p>
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<img alt="apply"
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src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-apply.jpg" />
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<p>Done! Firefox will reload your current page. In
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this example screenshot, it reloaded the page and <a
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href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#GoogleLanguage">happened
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to get a German exit node</a>:</p>
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<img alt="german google"
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src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-german.jpg" />
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<a id="three"></a>
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<h2><a class="anchor" href="#three">Step Step Three: Check if it works</a></h2>
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<p>Now Firefox is using Privoxy as an HTTP proxy, Privoxy is using Tor as
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a socks4a proxy, and Tor is making your connections to the Internet.</p>
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<p>In the above example, it was clear that it worked because the web
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page showed up in a different language. In other cases, though,
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you'll want to verify that your setup is working. Do
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<a href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-win32.html#verify">step three</a>
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of the Windows Tor installation howto, or
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<a href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-osx.html#verify">step three</a>
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of the OS X Tor installation howto.</p>
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<p>You should be aware of one anonymity gotcha: when you switch from
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using Tor to a direct connection (or vice versa), by default the page
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that's currently active will be reloaded through the new proxy setting.
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So make sure you're on a page that isn't sensitive, before switching.
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(You can also change this behavior in SwitchProxy's "Options |
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Preferences" menu.)</p>
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