Re: Exactly what is "tor"?

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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
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