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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) | |
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How to check the local IP added to tor-doc-{win32,osx}.html
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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> |