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 _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
