Monday, July 11, 2011

HOWTO : The Onion Router (Tor) on Back|Track 5

PART I : Browser

Step 1 :

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Append the following line to the file.

deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org lucid main

Step 2 :

gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv 886DDD89
gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add -

apt-get update
apt-get install tor tor-geoipdb
apt-get install privoxy

Step 3 :

nano /etc/privoxy/config

Append the following line :

forward-socks4a / 127.0.0.1:9050 .

/etc/init.d/privoxy start
/etc/init.d/tor start

Step 3a (Optional) :

If you are behind firewall or NAT as well as router, you should append the following line at the configure file.

forward 192.168.*.*/ .

Step 4 :

Go to the Tor official site to download and install Tor button for Firefox.

Tor Button Plugin for Firefox

Step 5 :

Open Firefox. Go to "Tools" -- "Add-ons" -- "Extensions". Select "Torbutton's Preferences".

(a) At "Proxy Settings", unclick "Use Polipo".
(b) At "Security Settings", On browser startup, set Tor state to:" select "Tor".
(c) At "Display Settings", select "Icon".

** Now, your Firefox will enable Tor on every launch unless you disabled the "Tor Button" on the Firefox.

Step 6 (Optional) :

To check if it works or not. Go to the following sites to check your Ip address.

http://cmyip.com

or

http://whatismyip.com

or

http://check.torproject.org

PART II : Console

Step a :

apt-get install proxychains elinks

Step b :

nano /etc/proxychains.conf

Append the following line :

socks4 127.0.0.1 9050

** It should be there.

Step c :

Usage :

proxychains nmap google.com
proxychains elinks http://cmyip.com
proxychains elinks http://www.whatismyip.com

To see your real IP address :

elinks cmyip.com

That's all! See you.
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