



* Tor

This is a pretty old "how-to" but I thought I should share this to some of our readers who are new-to-Linux. This simple guide will enable you to surf the web anonymously while using Firefox on Linux. But to do this, you will need to install these two important tools:

" Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis."

* Privoxy

" Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data, managing HTTP cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks."



Three Easy Steps to Set-up Anonymous Web Browsing on Linux:

Three Easy Steps to Set-up Anonymous Web Browsing on Linux:

Step-1. Set-up Tor and Privoxy:

$ sudo apt-get install tor privoxy

Step-2. Configure Privoxy:

/etc/privoxy/config

$ sudo gedit /etc/privoxy/config

# Generally, this file goes in /etc/privoxy/config

forward-socks4a / 127.0.0.1:9050 .

confdir /etc/privoxy

logdir /var/log/privoxy

actionsfile standard

actionsfile default

actionsfile user

filterfile default.filter



debug 4096

debug 8192



user-manual /usr/share/doc/privoxy/user-manual

listen-address 127.0.0.1:8118

toggle 1

enable-remote-toggle 0

enable-edit-actions 0

enable-remote-http-toggle 0

buffer-limit 4096



$ sudo /etc/init.d/privoxy restart

Step-3. Install Firefox Torbutton plugin

"Torbutton provides a button to securely and easily enable or disable the browser's use of Tor. It is currently the only addon that will safely manage your Tor browsing to prevent IP address leakage, cookie leakage, and general privacy attacks."



Fire up Firefox and install the Torbutton plugin . After installation, restart Firefox and you are ready to surf the web anonymously!





You can quickly install Tor and Privoxy on Ubuntu with this command:Editfile using your preferred text editor. For this example, we will use gedit:Then, overwrite the entire content of /etc/privoxy/config with this configuration file:Next, restart Privoxy with this command: