On 20110319_083513, AG wrote:
On 19/03/11 04:50, Nomen Nescio wrote:
I am trying to install tor without knowing what
I'm doing. I typed apt-get install tor, and that
seemed to work. Then I downloaded torbutton from
the tor website, and it seemed to install. [was
that a mistake?]
When I start iceweasel/firefox and click on
the "enable tor" button, I get complaints that
"firefox is configured to use a proxy server
that is refusing connections."
Perhaps the excerpt from the /var/log/tor/log file below
may identify the problem.
Thanks!
Mar 18 06:24:37.443 [notice] We now have enough directory information to build circuits.
Mar 18 06:24:37.443 [notice] Bootstrapped 80%: Connecting to the Tor network.
Mar 18 06:24:38.240 [notice] Bootstrapped 85%: Finishing handshake with first hop.
Mar 18 06:24:38.990 [notice] Bootstrapped 90%: Establishing a Tor circuit.
Mar 18 06:24:40.064 [notice] Tor has successfully opened a circuit. Looks like client functionality is working.
Mar 18 06:24:40.066 [notice] Bootstrapped 100%: Done.
Mar 18 06:31:53.084 [notice] Received reload signal (hup). Reloading config and resetting internal state.
Tor is one part of the overall equation - you will also need to
download the polipo package (it used to be privoxy that did the
trick, but this has changed to polipo). The configuration is usually
straight forward, but once you have that done then I'd suggest that
you go to the TOR website and read the installation/ configuration
instructions germane to your machine's architecture/ set-up.
Basically though, the config will typically be uncommenting (i.e.
deleting a "#" mark) one or two lines in the configuration file that
concerns socks forwarding. I'm going off memory here, hence the
urging you to read the official documentation on the website.
Good luck.
AG
A note of caution here, from a bystander/lurker. I don't use tor and
googled to find out what it is. Likewise for privoxy and polipo. My
sense of what I found is that privoxy and polipo are two different
packages that both implement the proxy function, but in different ways
with different implications as to security, privacy, anonimity, etc.
I am totally unqualified to judge the importance of this information.
For example,
http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/May-2006/msg00372.html
HTH