A Survey on the Security of Virtual Machines Info on browsers - based on Whonix
Running Tor in a vm isn't totally secure, as some software can escape the vm into the host os, but that's more in-depth than most, if not all, newbies need. Honestly, the most direct route is to throw tails/whonix on a jump drive(rather a write protected DVD or an sd card with the write protection switch enabled). Boot up, and run Tor with no java/flash, and https everywhere, as configured by default in TBB. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 13, 2013, at 4:57, mirimir <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/13/2013 08:07 AM, Gabrielle DiFonzo wrote: >> >> Okay. Now I'm officially confused. >> >> If I download Tor, can't I run it as a separate program from IE? Can >> I run the two programs separately, like the proverbial ships in the >> night? > > Yes, Tor is a separate program. But it's more like a canal than another > ship ;) > >> Can someone tell me exactly what it means to configure Tor through >> IE? Can't I configure it by itself and continue to use the two >> independently of each other? > > It's not Tor that needs to be configured. It's other programs that need > to be configured in order to securely use Tor. And that's not something > that newbies should be doing. > > You should at least be using the Tor Browser Bundle, without any > customizations. But that's not really very secure, because the rest of > your computer is still using the Internet naked. It would be safer to > use the Tails LiveCD, or to run Whonix in VirtualBox. > >> -----Original Message----- From: Tom Ritter <[email protected]> To: >> tor-talk <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Jul 12, 2013 >> 10:26 am Subject: Re: [tor-talk] Will Tor affect Internet Explorer? >> (newbie question) >> >> >> On Jul 11, 2013 11:41 PM, "cl34r" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 07/11/2013 11:24 PM, Gabrielle DiFonzo wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi there, >>> Hi >>> >>>> I am currently running Windows 7 and my usual browser is >>>> Internet >> Explorer. If I download Tor, will I still be able to use Internet >> Explorer when I want to? >>> >>> You can configure Tor to with any browser. However, by doing this >>> you are >> compromising anonymity. >>> >>>> Will continuing to use IE compromise my Tor privacy? >>> >>> Yes. The best solution is to download Torbrowser from the >>> Torproject >> website, or Tails at https://tails.boum.org. Not only do either of >> these solutions work out of the box (in most cases), they also >> preserve anonymity. >>> >>>> Will Tor affect my other programs in any way? >>> >>> Not unless you configure them to use Tor. >> >> Actually, to use Tor with IE, you have to set the system-wide proxy, >> which will affect the operating system and other applications. >> >> I don't know anyone who's ever looked at what will be sent through >> that, but I do know it will be a lot. (Windows update traffic for >> example) >> >> For this reason, and others, I would really recommend against using >> IE with Tor. _______________________________________________ tor-talk >> mailing list [email protected] >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk >> >> >> _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing >> list [email protected] >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
