Julien, i want to use BackTrack and i need anonymity when using "Command Prompt" , for example "apt-get" or "wget " ,etc. what should i do now?
Regards, Kamyar On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 4:03 AM, Julian Yon <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23/09/11 01:02, kamyar beigi wrote: > > I want to know if i would not use any browser , how could i use TOR to > > establish a secure connection? > > If you're running Tor as shipped (i.e. you've not modified the config) > then you can tell applications to use a SOCKS proxy on localhost port > 9050. If you're running polipo then you might also have use of an HTTP > proxy on port 8123. > > Tor itself isn't going to give you a secure connection though. It > assists (a lot) with anonymity, but otherwise is only as secure as the > protocol you use. If you use a plain text protocol (e.g. telnet) then > your traffic can still be snooped. You need to use encryption *as well > as* Tor if you want security. > > I'm sorry if the above seems too technical. Unfortunately both security > and anonymity require some understanding of how things work. NB. You > haven't said what system you're using. I'm a Linux user. > > > Regards > Julian > > -- > 3072D/D2DE707D Julian Yon (2011 General Use) <[email protected]> > > > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > >
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