Re: Exactly what is "tor"?

ToddAndMargo via users writes: > Hi All, > > I went to tor's web site, but could not figure out > what exactly it was or how to use it with my browser. > > ???? Tor is a multi-level proxy with layered encryption. You connect to one Tor  node, the connection is proxied to another Tor node, before the final  connection is made to the final destination. All layers are encrypted. The  first Tor node doesn't know where your final connection is, all it knows is  to proxy your connection to another Tor node, and forward the traffic, that  you are encrypting with a public key that can only be decoded by the final,  the exit Tor node, who will know where you're connecting to. And the exit Tor node doesn't know where the connection is coming from. Its  connection is from another Tor node, and it doesn't tell it the real IP  address the connection is coming from. As far as how to use it in your browser, that I can't tell you. I don't use  Tor myself, I just know what it is. I'm sure there's a plugin for Firefox,  somewhere. There are also specialized builds of Firefox that automatically  use Tor for everything.