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{{Security Warning|To achieve effective anonymity with Tor, you must understand its <strong>caveats</strong> and adjust your <strong>browsing habits</strong>. The Tor Project provides a crucial [https://support.torproject.org/faq/staying-anonymous/ list of tips] that you should read before using Tor.|heading=Tor is not a panacea.}} | |||
<strong>Tor (The Onion Router)</strong> is a free, open-source software that enables anonymous internet communication. It protects users' privacy by routing traffic through a global network of volunteer-operated servers, masking IP addresses and online activities. Tor's key features include <strong>anonymity</strong>, <strong>privacy</strong>, and <strong>censorship circumvention</strong>. It supports hidden services with <strong>.onion domains</strong> for additional anonymity. | <strong>Tor (The Onion Router)</strong> is a free, open-source software that enables anonymous internet communication. It protects users' privacy by routing traffic through a global network of volunteer-operated servers, masking IP addresses and online activities. Tor's key features include <strong>anonymity</strong>, <strong>privacy</strong>, and <strong>censorship circumvention</strong>. It supports hidden services with <strong>.onion domains</strong> for additional anonymity. | ||
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The Tor relay will require some days to advertise in the network, to the [https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html relay index] and start generating traffic. You can query metrics about your relay on the relay index page using the name or email from the settings. | The Tor relay will require some days to advertise in the network, to the [https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html relay index] and start generating traffic. You can query metrics about your relay on the relay index page using the name or email from the settings. | ||
In case your Tor relay is running behind a NAT network, be sure to forward the ORPort to your server running Tor. | In case your Tor relay is running behind a NAT network, be sure to forward the ORPort and the obfs4 Port to your server running Tor. | ||
== Tips and Tricks == | == Tips and Tricks == | ||
=== Location of Option === | === Location of Option === | ||
The global options are listed | The global options are listed here [https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=unstable&query=services.tor services.tor.*]. | ||
=== Relay Management === | === Relay Management === | ||
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=== Client Bridge === | === Client Bridge === | ||
{{Security Warning|Do not attempt to use Tor with any web browsers other than Tor Browser. Tor Browser integrates custom modifications to Firefox to enhance anonymity and ensure that information leakage does not occur. Using another web browser with Tor is likely to result in imperfect anonymity and is unsafe.}} | |||
Tor can be enabled as a system service by enabling options {{nixos:option|services.tor.enable}}. Configuration of tor service is an example of [https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html#sec-freeform-modules Freeform module], so you can pass not only explicitly supported {{nixos:option|services.tor.settings}}, but all other [https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en torrc] options. For example, client bridge config can be set like this: | Tor can be enabled as a system service by enabling options {{nixos:option|services.tor.enable}}. Configuration of tor service is an example of [https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html#sec-freeform-modules Freeform module], so you can pass not only explicitly supported {{nixos:option|services.tor.settings}}, but all other [https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en torrc] options. For example, client bridge config can be set like this: | ||
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# https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en | # https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en | ||
# https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Tor#TorDNS | # https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Tor#TorDNS | ||
# https:// | # https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=unstable&query=services.tor | ||