From f9a04097146f72fd24abb5ee5d95c485b3c767d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roger Dingledine Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:30:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] mention that you should proxy your SSL traffic too svn:r2056 --- INSTALL | 5 +++-- doc/tor-doc.html | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 20b077b466..c9bc5404dc 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ Quickstart version for users: 8) Optionally, install privoxy (www.privoxy.org), and add the line "forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 ." (without the quotes -- don't forget the dot) to its config file. Then change your mozilla to http proxy - at localhost port 8118 (and no socks proxy). This step will give you - good html scrubbing as well. + at localhost port 8118 (and no socks proxy). You should also set your + SSL proxy to the same thing, to hide your https traffic. Using privoxy + will give you good html scrubbing as well. (See doc/CLIENTS for why direct socks gives you less anonymity.) *****If this works for you, you can stop reading here****** diff --git a/doc/tor-doc.html b/doc/tor-doc.html index 65bfd82a60..4e521b371b 100644 --- a/doc/tor-doc.html +++ b/doc/tor-doc.html @@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ proxy that integrates well with Tor. Add the line
forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .
(don't forget the dot) to its config file. Then change your mozilla to http proxy at localhost port 8118 -(and no socks proxy). This step will give you good html scrubbing as well. +(and no socks proxy). You should also set your SSL proxy to the same +thing, to hide your https traffic. Using privoxy will give you good html +scrubbing as well. (See this explanation for why direct socks gives you less anonymity.)