HOWTO_Anonymity_with_Tor_on_the_web

Setting Tor

As root:

# emerge net-proxy/tsocks net-misc/tor
# cp /etc/socks/tsocks.conf.simple.example /etc/socks/tsocks.conf

COMMENT: This is the default configuration now.

Start tor:

# cp /etc/tor/torrc.sample /etc/tor/torrc
# /etc/init.d/tor start

Add tor to the default runlevel if you want it to start on bootup.

# rc-update add tor default

Setting Firefox

Install SwitchProxy extension for Firefox:

SwitchProxy extension

Configure SwitchProxy:

• Under Mozilla Firefox, go to the Tools -> SwitchProxy -> Manage Proxies -> Add
• set proxy type Standard
• set proxy name for example TOR
• set only SOCKS Proxy to 'localhost' and Port to '9050'
• check SOCKS v5 and continue with OK

Configure Firefox:

• go to url: about:config
• set filter to dns
• set 'network.proxy.socks_remote_dns' to 'true' (by double clicking)