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Tor

Setup

apt-get install tor 
service tor start
service tor status 
service tor stop 
OR
systemctl start tor 
systemctl status tor
systemctl stop tor

Proxychains

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  • Tool that forces any TCP connection made by any given application to follow through proxy like TOR SOCKS4 SOCKS5 HTTP(S) proxy

Install

sudo apt install proxychains

Configure

vim /etc/proxychains.conf
  • Uncomment dynamic_chain and comment the other options
  • Uncomment proxy_dns in order to prevent DNS leakage

Start Firefox with proxychains

tor #start the tor service 
proxychains firefox & #start firefox in the background with proxychains

Test

  • Browse to http://ifconfig.co and or http://ipinfo.io to check that your IP is properly being obsfucated
  • Browse to http://dnsleaktest.com and see that your DNS address has changed
  • if using firefox instead of just the tor browser and have firefox configured to use 127.0.0.1 9050 as a proxy and have the tor service running open firefox and browse to about:config
  • Change privacy.resist.Fingerprinting from false to true
  • IMPORTANT: All other web browser windows should be closed before opening firefox through proxychains

Tor Browser

  • Recommend changing saftey Level to 2 (Safer)

Exclude Exit Nodes 

echo 'ExcludeNodes {us},{au},{ca},{ru} StrictNodes 1' >> /etc/tor/torrc

Use specific country exit node 

echo "ExitNodes {us} StrictNodes 1" >> /etc/tor/torrc

Prevent server to be used as exit node 

echo "ExitPolicy reject *:*" >>/etc/tor/torrc

Running a Tor Relay

yum update
#OR
dnf update
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yum install epel-release
#OR
dnf install epel-release
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  • create the file /etc/yum.repos.d/Tor.repo
  • insert the below content into the file 
[tor]
name=Tor for Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=https://rpm.torproject.org/centos/$releasever/$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://rpm.torproject.org/centos/public_gpg.key
cost=100
  • now update for the changes to be included 
yum update
#OR 
dnf update
  • install tor 
yum install tor
#OR
dnf install tor
  • edit your /etc/tor/torrc
  • insert the lines below, change the options to your need (top two lines)
Nickname    myNiceRelay  # Change "myNiceRelay" to something you like
ContactInfo your@e-mail  # Write your e-mail and be aware it will be published
ORPort      443          # You might use a different port, should you want to
ExitRelay   0
SocksPort   0
  • enable and start tor 
systemctl enable --now tor
systemctl enable tor
systemctl start tor

Optional Monitor Tor useage

  • to see the stats for your relay live you can install nyx
yum install nyx
#OR
dnf install nyx
  • start a screen or tmux sessions and run the program 
tmux
nyx
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#detatch tmux 
Crtl+B + Shfit + D
#it will keep running 
#reattatch tmux to see stats after logging back in 
tmux attach -t 0