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Can I help Tor if I just have webspace?
I'm thinking about how I can help Tor and its users. However I don't own big servers and also don't want to run a relay from my home. The only thing I have up to now is some private website. Is there anything I can do to help out?
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Where I can download tor expert bundle?
Why I can not find download link for tor expert bundle? Why torproject.org removed it?
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Would distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on the directory authorities disrupt the Tor network?
Assume someone wants to disrupt the Tor network or maybe bring it down. A powerful attacker could try to DDoS all the directory authorities. As there are only 10 worldwide this seems like an easy task.
What will happen if someone DDoS
a part of the…
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Tor not starting: status is active (exited)
I'm starting tor using sudo service tor start. When checking sudo service tor status, it's saying:
$ sudo service tor status
● tor.service - Anonymizing overlay network for TCP (multi-instance-master)
Loaded: loaded…
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How are 'Pluggable Transport' bundles different from 'regular' Tor Browser Bundles?
The Tor Project releases both Tor Browser Bundles, and Pluggable Transport Tor Browser Bundles.
How are these different? How should I decide which bundle to use?
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Tor Browser Bundle for Windows without installer?
I can't find a non-installer download for the browser bundle for Windows anymore.
I still see non-installers for Mac/Linux.
Did they remove it? Why??? I hate installers since you don't know if they put stuff into the registry or user folders. When…
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What does "[Warning] Rejecting SOCKS request for anonymous connection to private address [scrubbed]." means?
What does "[Warning] Rejecting SOCKS request for anonymous connection to private address [scrubbed]." means? Vidalia occasionally gives this warning.
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Where in the world does Tor provide the highest degree of anonymity?
As we know, Tor hides users amongst the other users on the network, so the more populous and diverse the user base for Tor is, the more everybody's anonymity will be protected. So, in which part of the world is the Tor network most dense? Where is…
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DNSSEC & DNSCrypt over Tor
I want to use DNSSEC and DNSCrypt with Tor. I wonder which configuration is more secure and better?
SOCKS4 + dnscrypt-proxy:
Forward the DNS traffic to a DNS server which I choose. Although the DNS server is DNSSEC, DNSCrypto and has no…
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The proxy server is refusing connections
I have downloaded the most recent version of the Tor bundle 6.5.2 for Mac. When I open the Tor browser I get a message "the proxy server is refusing connections". I have followed the instructions (on YouTube and other sites) to set the…
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How can I use plugins in TorBrowser?
I visited a streaming site in TorBrowser, but it said it needed a plugin to stream videos. I've already installed the latest version of Adobe Flash Player, but it still won't stream videos or play Flash games. What can I do to make streaming video…
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Free static web hosting inside the Tor hidden services network
Do anyone know of any free (as in no payment, no ads, and no invites needed) web hosting provider inside the onion network currently? Or did everything die with Freedom Hosting?
I don't want anything fancy, static web hosting is fine (as in no PHP…
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Should I choose a new guard if the network is overloaded?
When I start the Tor Browser Bundle I sometimes see the message:
Your Guard … is failing more circuits than usual. Most likely this means the Tor network is overloaded.
If this one guard node is failing it seems like a good idea to move to another…
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Have Tor appear to be a different browser
I was wondering is there a way to fool websites into thinking that I am using another browser instead of what I'm really using, Tor Browser. Say I wanted example.com to see me connecting to them using IE or Chrome instead of Tor Browser. Is this…
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My OSX is saying "TorBrowserBundle_en-US" can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer
I've downloaded the TBB but it won't open because "TorBrowserBundle_en-US" is from an "unidentified developer". How do I solve this?
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