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Commit f9a04097 authored by Roger Dingledine's avatar Roger Dingledine
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mention that you should proxy your SSL traffic too

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......@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ Quickstart version for users:
8) Optionally, install privoxy (www.privoxy.org), and add the line
"forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 ." (without the quotes -- don't forget
the dot) to its config file. Then change your mozilla to http proxy
at localhost port 8118 (and no socks proxy). This step will give you
good html scrubbing as well.
at localhost port 8118 (and no socks proxy). You should also set your
SSL proxy to the same thing, to hide your https traffic. Using privoxy
will give you good html scrubbing as well.
(See doc/CLIENTS for why direct socks gives you less anonymity.)
*****If this works for you, you can stop reading here******
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......@@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ proxy that integrates well with Tor. Add the line <br>
<tt>forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .</tt><br>
(don't forget the dot) to its
config file. Then change your mozilla to http proxy at localhost port 8118
(and no socks proxy). This step will give you good html scrubbing as well.
(and no socks proxy). You should also set your SSL proxy to the same
thing, to hide your https traffic. Using privoxy will give you good html
scrubbing as well.
(See <a href="http://freehaven.net/tor/cvs/doc/CLIENTS">this explanation</a>
for why direct socks gives you less anonymity.)</p>
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