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| author | Thomas Sjögren <thomas@northernsecurity.net> | 2005-05-12 19:57:08 +0000 |
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| committer | Thomas Sjögren <thomas@northernsecurity.net> | 2005-05-12 19:57:08 +0000 |
| commit | 5da6958fa9aafe1b10cd4485f5a84680addb062b (patch) | |
| tree | f5c3246afe8bdf6b6568c567c012859c7b89c7e8 | |
| parent | 47c4c9e2eaddc5666cac8cbbbf50ac7a135073d0 (diff) | |
| download | tor-5da6958fa9aafe1b10cd4485f5a84680addb062b.tar.gz tor-5da6958fa9aafe1b10cd4485f5a84680addb062b.zip | |
How to check the local IP added to tor-doc-{win32,osx}.html
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tor-doc-osx.html | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tor-doc-win32.html | 16 |
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tor-doc-osx.html b/doc/tor-doc-osx.html index 7a1731bbd0..05af4a5b61 100644 --- a/doc/tor-doc-osx.html +++ b/doc/tor-doc-osx.html @@ -107,11 +107,21 @@ DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>, which is bad for your anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous headers from your web requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like Doubleclick.</p> -<p>To test if it's working, go to +<p>To test if it's working, you need to know your normal IP address +so you can verify that the address really changes when running Tor. +Your local IP address is shown by the <tt>ifconfig</tt> command. +If you are behind a NAT/Firewall you can use one of the sites listed +below to check which IP you are using. +When that is done, start Tor and Privoxy and visit any of the sites again. +If everything works, your IP address should have changed. + </p> + +<p> <!--<a href="http://peertech.org/privacy-knoppix/">peertech</a>, --> -<a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a> or +<a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a> and <a href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid.shat.net</a> -and see what IP and country it says you're coming from. +are sites that basically shows your present IP so you can see +what address and country you're coming from. </p> <p> diff --git a/doc/tor-doc-win32.html b/doc/tor-doc-win32.html index cd8d4e4006..4e641c0952 100644 --- a/doc/tor-doc-win32.html +++ b/doc/tor-doc-win32.html @@ -117,11 +117,21 @@ DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>, which is bad for your anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous headers from your web requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like Doubleclick.</p> -<p>To test if it's working, go to +<p>To test if it's working, you need to know your normal IP address so you can +verify that the address really changes when running Tor. +Go to the Start menu, click Run and enter <tt>cmd</tt>. +At the command prompt, enter <tt>ipconfig</tt>. If you are behind a NAT/Firewall +you can use one of the sites listed below to check which IP you are using. +When that is done, start Tor and Privoxy and visit any of the sites again. +If everything works, your IP address should have changed. +</p> + +<p> <!--<a href="http://peertech.org/privacy-knoppix/">peertech</a>, --> -<a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a> or +<a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a> and <a href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid.shat.net</a> -and see what IP and country it says you're coming from. +are sites that basically shows your present IP so you can see +what address and country you're coming from. </p> <p> |