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author | Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> | 2006-02-16 17:45:32 +0000 |
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committer | Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> | 2006-02-16 17:45:32 +0000 |
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remove the obsolete faq entries that were somehow still around.
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@@ -1,132 +1,4 @@ -[This file is obsolete. Check out the online FAQ at the wiki +This file is obsolete. Check out the online FAQ at the wiki for more accurate and complete questions and answers: http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ -The Onion Routing (TOR) Frequently Asked Questions --------------------------------------------------- - -1. General. - -1.1. What is Tor? - -Tor is an implementation of version 2 of Onion Routing. -Go read the tor-design.pdf for the details. - -In brief, Onion Routing is a connection-oriented anonymizing communication -service. Users choose a source-routed path through a set of nodes, and -negotiate a "virtual circuit" through the network, in which each node -knows its predecessor and successor, but no others. Traffic flowing down -the circuit is unwrapped by a symmetric key at each node, which reveals -the downstream node. - -Basically Tor provides a distributed network of servers ("onion -routers"). Users bounce their tcp streams (web traffic, ftp, ssh, etc) -around the routers, and recipients, observers, and even the routers -themselves have difficulty tracking the source of the stream. - -1.2. Why's it called Tor? - -Because Tor is the onion routing system. I kept telling people I was -working on onion routing, and they said "Neat. Which one?" Even if onion -routing has become a standard household term, this is the actual onion -routing project, started out of the Naval Research Lab. - -(Theories about recursive acronyms are ok too. It's also got a fine -translation into German.) - -1.3 Is there a backdoor in Tor? - -Not right now, but if this answer changes we probably won't be allowed -to tell you. You should always check the source (or at least the diffs -since the last release) for suspicious things; and if we don't give you -source, that's a sure sign something funny could be going on. - -2. Compiling and installing. - -[Read the README file for now; check back here once we've got packages/etc -for you.] - - -3. Running Tor. - -3.1. What kind of server should I run? - -The same executable functions as both client and server, depending on -which ports are specified in the configuration file. You can specify: -* SocksPort: client applications (eg privoxy, Mozilla) can speak socks to - this port. -* ORPort: other onion routers connect to this port -* DirPort: onion proxies and onion routers speak http to this port, to - pull down a directory of which nodes are currently available. - -3.2. So I can just run a full onion router and join the network? - -No. Users should run just an onion proxy. If you have sufficient -bandwidth (>= 1MBit both ways) you can consider running a router, -but just to use the network you don't need to. Note that you won't -be used by clients much unless you are verified properly by the -directory administrators (see next question). - -3.3. How do I join the network then? - -If you just want to use the onion routing network, you can run a proxy -and you're all set. If you want to run a router, you can do so by -enabling ORPort, which will make your router get used for some things. -However, in order to get used for everything, you must become a "verified" -router. Simply convince the directory server operators (mail -tor-ops@freehaven.net) that you have a stable machine with enough bandwidth. -From there, the operators add you to the directory, which propagates out -to the rest of the network. All nodes will know about you within a half -hour. Once you are verified clients will pick you as entry and exit nodes. - -3.4. Can I just set DirPort and be a directory server? - -If you are an onion router and set DirPort then you will serve the -directory to other clients. This takes some load off the authoritative -dirservers. Your node will not generate its own directory, instead -it will provide the one it fetched from an authoritative dirserver. - -If you run a very reliable node, you plan to be around for a long time, -and you want to spend some time ensuring that router operators do in -fact have enough bandwidth and stable machines, we may want you to run -an authoritative directory server too. We must manually add you to the -'dirservers' file that's part of the distribution; users will only know -about you when they upgrade to a new version. - - -4. Development. - -4.1. Who's doing this? - -4.2. Can I help? - -4.3. I've got a bug. - - -5. Anonymity. - -5.1. So I'm totally anonymous if I use Tor? - - - -5.2. Where can I learn more about anonymity? - -5.3. What attacks remain against onion routing? - - - -6. Comparison to related projects. - -6.1. Onion Routing. - -Tor *is* onion routing. - -6.2. Freedom. - - -7. Protocol and application support. - -7.1. http? ftp? udp? socks? mozilla? - - - |