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diff --git a/doc/tor-doc-win32.html b/doc/tor-doc-win32.html index 97f6927b20..4edeb9bfa6 100644 --- a/doc/tor-doc-win32.html +++ b/doc/tor-doc-win32.html @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ <body> -<h1><a href="http://tor.freehaven.net/">Tor</a> for Win32</h1> +<h1>Running <a href="http://tor.freehaven.net/">Tor</a> on Win32</h1> <a name="installing"></a> -<h2>Installing Tor</h2> +<h2>Step One: Download and Install Tor</h2> <p> The latest stable release of Tor for Windows 32 is <a @@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ src="http://tor.freehaven.net/img/screenshot-dos-window.jpg" /> default configuration file, and most people won't need to change any of the settings. Tor is now installed.</p> -<a name="using"></a> -<h2>Configuring your applications to use Tor</h2> +<a name="privoxy"></a> +<h2>Step Two: Install Privoxy for Web Browsing</h2> <p>After installing Tor, you need to configure your applications to use it. The first step is to set up web browsing. Start by installing <a @@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ the file. Be sure to save. <img border="1" alt="privoxy points to tor" src="http://tor.freehaven.net/img/screenshot-privoxy-edit.jpg" /> -<p>Then change your browser to http proxy at localhost port 8118. +<a name="using"></a> +<h2>Step three: Configure your applications to use Tor</h2> + +<p>Then change your browser to HTTP proxy at localhost port 8118. +(That's where Privoxy listens.) In Mozilla, this is in Edit|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies. In IE, it's Tools|Internet Options|Connections|LAN Settings|Advanced. You should also set your SSL proxy (IE calls it "Secure") to the same @@ -94,9 +98,9 @@ src="http://tor.freehaven.net/img/screenshot-ie-lan.jpg" /> <img alt="Proxy settings in IE" src="http://tor.freehaven.net/img/screenshot-ie-proxies.jpg" /> -<p>Using privoxy is <b>necessary</b> because <a +<p>Using privoxy is <strong>necessary</strong> because <a href="http://tor.freehaven.net/cvs/tor/doc/CLIENTS">browsers leak your -DNS requests when they use a socks proxy directly</a>, which is bad for +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> @@ -114,16 +118,17 @@ For more troubleshooting suggestions, see <a href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ">the FAQ</a>. </p> -<p>To Torify an application that supports http, just point it at Privoxy -(that is, localhost port 8118). To use socks directly (for example, for +<p>To Torify another application that supports HTTP, just point it at Privoxy +(that is, localhost port 8118). To use SOCKS directly (for example, for instant messaging, Jabber, IRC, etc), point your application directly at -Tor (localhost port 9050). For applications that support neither socks -nor http, take a look at <a +Tor (localhost port 9050). For applications that support neither SOCKS +nor HTTP, take a look at <a href="http://www.socks.permeo.com/Download/SocksCapDownload/index.asp">SocksCap</a>, <a href="http://www.freecap.ru/eng/">FreeCap</a>, or the <a href="http://www.hummingbird.com/products/nc/socks/index.html?cks=y">Hummingbird</a> -SOCKS client. Let us know if you get them working so we can add better +SOCKS client. (FreeCap is free software; the others are proprietary.) +Let us know if you get them working so we can add better instructions here.</p> <p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please <a @@ -131,4 +136,3 @@ href="mailto:tor-bugs@freehaven.net">send them to us</a>. Thanks!</p> </body> </html> - |