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@ -21,17 +21,26 @@ between using a proxy and connecting to websites directly.</p>
between using Privoxy and a direct connection. We assume you already
have Firefox installed and working.</p>
<p>The screenshots here are oriented towards Windows users, but
SwitchProxy works anywhere Firefox works. Hopefully everybody else can
follow along just fine.</p>
<hr />
<a name="zero"></a>
<h3>Step Zero: Download and Install Tor and Privoxy</h3>
<p>Before you start, you need to do <a
<p>Before you start, you need to make sure 1) Tor is up and running,
2) Privoxy is up and running, and 3) Privoxy is configured to point
to Tor.</p>
<p>For Windows users, this means <a
href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-win32.html#installing">step one</a>
and <a href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-win32.html#privoxy">step
two</a> of the Tor installation howto. When you're done, Tor will be up
and running, Privoxy will be up and running, and Privoxy will be configured
to point to Tor.</p>
two</a> of the Windows Tor installation howto. Mac OS X users just need
to do <a href="http://tor.eff.org/doc/tor-doc-osx.html#installing">step
one</a> of OS X Tor installation howto, since our OS X package includes
Privoxy and configures it already.</p>
<hr />
@ -42,7 +51,7 @@ to point to Tor.</p>
the process of installing a new plugin. First, go to the <a
href="https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=125">
SwitchProxy</a> web page. It looks like this -- click on the "Install
Now" button.</p>
Now" button:</p>
<img alt="switchproxy web page"
src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-webpage.jpg" />
@ -54,7 +63,7 @@ Click on "Install Now":
<img alt="firefox plugin warning"
src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-plugin-starting.jpg" />
<p>Once the installer is finished, it will tell you that you SwitchProxy
<p>Once the installer is finished, it will tell you that SwitchProxy
will be working once you restart Firefox:</p>
<img alt="firefox plugin finished"
@ -65,14 +74,14 @@ src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-plugin-finished.jpg" />
<a name="two"></a>
<h3>Step Two: Configure SwitchProxy</h3>
<p>Now restart your Firefox. You'll notice there's now a new toolbar
<p>Now restart your Firefox. You'll notice there's a new toolbar
that lets you control your proxies. Now we're going to set up a proxy
configuration for Privoxy. Click on "add":</p>
<img alt="new toolbar"
src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-toolbar.jpg" />
<p>It will ask to select a proxy type. Choose "Standard." (There's also
<p>It will ask you to select a proxy type. Choose "Standard." (There's also
an "anonymous" proxy type that uses an ad hoc set of anonymous proxies
out there. You don't want this -- Tor is better.)</p>
@ -81,7 +90,9 @@ src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-proxytype.jpg" />
<p>Now it will show you the standard proxy config window for Firefox.
Give this configuration a proxy label of "tor". Then fill in "localhost"
and "8118" for the first two entries, as shown here. Then click "OK":</p>
and "8118" for the first two entries, as shown here. (The first entry is
HTTP, and the second one is typically called something like HTTPS, SSL,
or Secure.) Then click "OK":</p>
<img alt="proxy config"
src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-proxyconfig.jpg" />
@ -98,8 +109,10 @@ click "Apply" to make your change take effect:</p>
<img alt="apply"
src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-apply.jpg" />
<p>Done! Firefox will reload your current page. In this example screenshot,
it reloaded google.com and happened to get a German exit node:</p>
<p>Done! Firefox will reload your current page. In
this example screenshot, it reloaded the page and <a
href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#GoogleLanguage">happened
to get a German exit node</a>:</p>
<img alt="german google"
src="http://tor.eff.org/img/screenshot-switchproxy-german.jpg" />