On Sat, 2021-05-01 at 07:24 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
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.
The Tor Project distribute their own build of Firefox I think. Iǘe used
it a few times.
poc