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DESCRIPTION
Tor is a toolset for a wide range of organizations and people who want to improve their safety and security on the Internet. Using Tor can help you anonymize web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, and more. Tor also provides a platform on which software developers can build new applications with built-in anonymity, safety, and privacy.

Tor aims to defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal anonymity and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security. Communications are bounced around a distributed network of servers called onion routers, protecting you from websites that build profiles of your interests, local eavesdroppers that read your data or learn what sites you visit, and even the onion routers themselves.

Tor's security is improved as its user base grows and as more people volunteer to run servers. Please consider volunteering your time or volunteering your bandwidth. And remember that this is development code - it's not a good idea to rely on the current Tor network if you really need strong anonymity.

By default, Tor is configured to run at startup. If you do not want Tor to run on startup, you can disable this by selecting "Customize" in the Installer, and then un-checking the "Tor Startup Script" box. Be sure to leave the other boxes checked. Once the installer is finished and your computer restarts, Tor will start automatically. Tor comes configured as a client by default. It uses a built-in default configuration file in /Library/Tor/torrc, but most people won't need to change any of the settings.

Privoxy is installed as part of the Tor bundle package installer. Privoxy is a filtering web proxy that integrates well with Tor. Once it's installed, it will start automatically when your computer is restarted. You do not need to configure Privoxy to use Tor. A custom Privoxy configuration for Tor has been installed as part of the installer package.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 0.2.5:
  • Add support in the Network settings page for configuring the Socks4Proxy and Socks5Proxy* options that were added in Tor 0.2.2.1-alpha. Patch from Christopher Davis.
  • Add a "Automatically distribute my bridge address" checkbox (enabled by default) to the bridge relay settings options. (Ticket #524)
  • Add ports 7000 and 7001 to the list of ports excluded by the IRC category in the exit policy configuration tab. (Ticket #517)
  • Add a context menu for highlighted event items in the "Basic" message log view that allows the user to copy the selected item text to the clipboard.
  • Maybe fix a time conversion bug that could result in Vidalia displaying the wrong uptime for a relay in the network map.
  • Stop trying to enforce proper quoting and escaping of arguments to be given to the proxy executable (e.g., Polipo). Now the user is on their own for properly formatting the command line used to start the proxy executable. (Ticket #523)
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Developer:Roger Dingledine and Nick Mathewson
Downloads:102,586
  - Version d/l:1,533
Utilities:Security
License:Free
Date:25 Oct 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
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Oct 26 2009

DOKTER_MAC  PPC version:

http://www.torproject.org/dist/vidalia-bundles/vidalia-bundle-0.2.1.20-0.2.5-ppc.dmg

Regards.  
(Version 0.2.5)

praisebury
+1
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Aug 7 2009

ANONYMOUS  Although MACTHECHEAD's comment suggests that TOR is only for experts, I keep thinking that it is easy to install and use.

However, I disagree with MACTHECHEAD's statement that TOR allows fast browsing.

Even with the fastest servers (those on top of TOR's list) that I had tried, browsing was very slow.

Perhaps, testing all the servers from TOR's huge list would reveal a quick server. Perhaps, also, there are other tricks hidden in TOR's profuse help menu. In such cases the interface and/or the help could be improved for those people who do not want to engage into constant parametering or repeated treasure chase.   
(Version 0.2.1.19)

praisebury
+3
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Jul 18 2009
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ANONYMOUS  1. Quite easy to install and use (and I a mnot at all a specialist)

2. Perfect anonimity (if Java and JavaSxript + a few plugins are off)

3. RIDICULOUSLY SLOW !!!!!!

=> Forget it if you want to deal with mote than a short email.  
(Version 0.2.1.17-rc)

praisebury
-4
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Jul 28 2009

MACTECHHEAD  Everything is always slow for n00bs.

Try reading the help section.

I get great speeds using the "View The Network" UI to cherry pick fast TOR servers.  
(Version 0.2.1.18)

praisebury
0

Dec 17 2008

DMU  i highly recommend going to school for network administration for a few years before attempting to use this. i've spent hours and hours trying to make this work and i'm not one iota closer to figuring out why it's not working. so much for a gui interface making things easier. seriously, not for the casual user. okay... not for the experienced user either. i think it's only for the expert with loads of time on his hands and a lot of patience. otherwise, prepare to be annoyed.  
(Version 0.2.0.32a)

praisebury
-5
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Dec 17 2008

DMU  Ah ha! Turns out Glimmer Blocker was conflicting. Once I removed that and created a new identity, bingo. Perhaps an intermediate user can user this :)  
(Version 0.2.0.32a)

praisebury
+8

Dec 9 2008

NEONBLUE2  Is Tor ever going to include a version of Privoxy that is both Universal and recent?  
(Version 0.2.0.32a)

praisebury
+6
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Aug 31 2007
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GAOSHAN  I spend most summers working in mainland China. Tor was invaluable to me for circumventing the Great Firewall. I used it as part of Vidalia ( http://vidalia-project.net/ ) and found it to be THE best way to access blocked sites from within China.

I also tried using HamachiX as a way to use my server in the U.S. for a VPN. The authorities caught on very quickly and within 2 days had blocked my access. Tor, however, was never spotted and I used it over a 2 month period. Go Tor!   
(Version 0.1.2.17)

praisebury
+17
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Mar 2 2007

ASD$  Installed Privoxy without problem except I also have little snitch installed and boy did Privoxy try and dial home to a lot of different IP addresses .

I dont want this type of app which dials home a lot

I dont seem able to uninstall this app' , tried terminal command , wants password but will not let me enter it .

Help please!  
(Version 0.1.1.26)

praisebury
-9
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Apr 25 2007

HERVé 5  Privoxy doesn't dial home, what you detect is all the guys Privoxy allows out!

For instance, if you have a widget that'll "dial home" (or, more often, connect to a server, for instance meteo...) as all widgets are html based their requests will be channeled through Privoxy, and Snitch will tell you Privoxy tries to connect here and there.

Indeed Privoxy being a filter on outgoing requests, it is somehow a supreme unfairness to tell it "dials home"...  
(Version 0.1.2.13)

praisebury
+7
Jan 20 2008

NEONBLUE2  Privoxy is not dialling home. Whenever an app tries to access the net it's hitting Privoxy and telling it where to go. Then when Privoxy tries to go somewhere it hits Little Snitch.

Whenever I turn Privoxy off I run into the problem that none of my browsers have been cleared to go through Little Snitch. It's because Privoxy deals with net traffic.

I'd thought you'd have realised the moment you denied and the net stopped working.  
(Version 0.1.2.19)

praisebury
+5
Oct 27 2008

Because Privoxy and Tor are trying to anonymize your surfing, they obviously have to connect to the internet in order it to work! Any program you use gets routed through Privoxy/Tor, which then get routed through a bunch of different servers around the world to make it very difficult to determine for someone to determine where a connection came from. This is all the 'phoning home' you see (although it's not phoning home at all).  
(Version 0.2.0.31)

praisebury
+7

Jan 28 2007

CMEDEEFR  I installed it on my iMac... add some modifications towards the information Safari gives up while surfing the Net (with Safari Enhancer for example) and you become COMPLETELY anonymous!!!

Great software... but i sometimes have to change my identity to make sure it does work.

Keep it up!  
(Version 0.1.1.26)

praisebury
-1
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Jan 13 2007
*****

OCEANCUBED  Simply Stunning!!

I've set up 2 locations via Network settings and can change between Anonymous and Normal with a quick click on the Apple Menu/Locations.

Thank you.  
(Version 0.1.1.26)

praisebury
+1
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Mar 28 2007

SMACTRON  How did you do this?  
(Version 0.1.1.26)

praisebury
0

Jan 13 2007

RAMPANCY  Edit: My apologies for my mistake, the actual app running on startup which is PPC is Privoxy, not Vidalia.  
(Version 0.1.1.26)

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