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From: Folderol on 26 Nov 2009 16:47
I don't actually have any need for Tor as yet, but the way our
governemnt is going I thought it time to try out these services 'just
in case'.

I'm using debian squeeze and trying privoxy 3.0.12-2 and tor 0.2.1.19-1
(the defaults for squeeze).

In the first place privoxy won't start at switch on, but after some
googling and general hunting around I found I could start it up in a
terminal window (as root) with the following:

cd /etc/privoxy
privoxy

and in firefox Edit>Preferences>Advanced>Settings
enable manual proxy configuration
set HTTP Proxy and SSL Proxy to localhost:8118
leaving everything else blank.

Like this privoxy seems to be doing its filtering stuff.

Trying to start up Tor with torbutton fails (although it actually gives
the message 'Tor Enabled'

Right clicking on the torbutton and selecting 'Preferences' reveals the
default settings which seem OK (as far as I can tell), but clicking on
'Test Settings' returns the error 'Proxy test failed'

Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

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Will J G
From: Folderol on 27 Nov 2009 15:27
On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:56:16 +0000
Paul Martin <pm(a)nowster.org.uk> wrote:

> In article <20091126214720.653aa56a(a)debian>,
> Folderol wrote:
>
> > I'm using debian squeeze and trying privoxy 3.0.12-2 and tor 0.2.1.19-1
> > (the defaults for squeeze).
>
> > In the first place privoxy won't start at switch on, but after some
> > googling and general hunting around I found I could start it up in a
> > terminal window (as root) with the following:
>
> Try "/etc/init.d/privoxy start" (deprecated) or "invoke-rc.d privoxy start"
> (new way of doing things) instead.
>
> It's possible that privoxy isn't correctly configured. You do need to
> tell it about Tor.
>
> # To chain Privoxy and Tor, both running on the same system,
> # you would use something like:
> #
> forward-socks5 / 127.0.0.1:9050 .

Thanks for the hints.

uncommenting the forward-socks line in /etc/privoxy/config was the key
to the problem :)

I still have to start privoxy manually (I actually prefer that) but
after that the tor button works correctly, as confirmed by the tor test
page, and by Shields-Up.

Incidentally there is a very helpful ubunto page:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TOR

Hopefully I'll never need to use this, but now I know it's there and
how to activate it, I feel [slightly] safer.

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Will J G
From: Martin Gregorie on 27 Nov 2009 20:26
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:27:01 +0000, Folderol wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:56:16 +0000
> Paul Martin <pm(a)nowster.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> In article <20091126214720.653aa56a(a)debian>,
>> Folderol wrote:
>>
>> > I'm using debian squeeze and trying privoxy 3.0.12-2 and tor
>> > 0.2.1.19-1 (the defaults for squeeze).
>>
>> > In the first place privoxy won't start at switch on, but after some
>> > googling and general hunting around I found I could start it up in a
>> > terminal window (as root) with the following:
>>
>> Try "/etc/init.d/privoxy start" (deprecated) or "invoke-rc.d privoxy
>> start" (new way of doing things) instead.
>>
>> It's possible that privoxy isn't correctly configured. You do need to
>> tell it about Tor.
>>
>> # To chain Privoxy and Tor, both running on the same system, #
>> you would use something like:
>> #
>> forward-socks5 / 127.0.0.1:9050 .
>
> Thanks for the hints.
>
> uncommenting the forward-socks line in /etc/privoxy/config was the key
> to the problem :)
>
> I still have to start privoxy manually (I actually prefer that) but
> after that the tor button works correctly, as confirmed by the tor test
> page, and by Shields-Up.
>
> Incidentally there is a very helpful ubunto page:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TOR
>
> Hopefully I'll never need to use this, but now I know it's there and how
> to activate it, I feel [slightly] safer.

.... until they make a RIPA III Executive Order stating that use of privoxy
+TOR is a terrorist act.


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From: Folderol on 28 Nov 2009 14:45
On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:26:53 +0000 (UTC)
Martin Gregorie <martin(a)address-in-sig.invalid> wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:27:01 +0000, Folderol wrote:
> >
> > Hopefully I'll never need to use this, but now I know it's there and how
> > to activate it, I feel [slightly] safer.
>
> ... until they make a RIPA III Executive Order stating that use of privoxy
> +TOR is a terrorist act.

If it ever comes to that it'll be too late for any of us :(

However I am reminded of a short SF story I read in the early 60s (I
*wish* I could remember the title), set in a future oppressive global
regime - here and now?

The rulers were going nuts trying to work out how the 'subversives'
were communicating. There are hints all through the story that about
the only thing you could do without suspicion was walk your dog in the
park. The messages were formed by the number and colour of the dogs :)

--
Will J G
From: Andy Botterill on 2 Dec 2009 12:12
Martin Gregorie wrote:
> .... until they make a RIPA III Executive Order stating that use of privoxy
> +TOR is a terrorist act.
>
Can I use this (tor+privoxy) to protect news/mail access? I'm not sure
exactly what tor does. Andy
>
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