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diff --git a/doc/tor-doc.html b/doc/tor-doc.html index aafeef5f45..0f40e876cd 100644 --- a/doc/tor-doc.html +++ b/doc/tor-doc.html @@ -201,12 +201,24 @@ thing, to hide your SSL traffic. Using privoxy is <b>necessary</b> because DNS requests when it uses a SOCKS proxy directly</a>. Privoxy also gives you good html scrubbing.</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. +If you are using Linux or OSX your local IP address is shown by the <tt>ifconfig</tt> +command. Under Windows 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.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy">junkbusters</a>, <a href="http://www.network-tools.com">network-tools</a> or <a href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid</a> -and see what IP it says you're coming from. +are sites that basically shows your present IP so you can see +what address you're coming from. </p> <p> |