[How to] Tor with Polipo or Privoxy on Freelink

MoonMaker · **Posted:** Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:34 pm

Hi,

I wrote a How to about Tor and Polipo or Privoxy on Freelink. Have fun and good luck!
EDIT by Moon: German Translation - Tor mit Polipo oder Privoxy

Tor
- Download and Compile Tor
  -> TIP! Use Checkinstall instead of make install to build a deb file: make && checkinstall --install=no -D --default --pakdir=/usr/src --gzman=yes && dpkg -i /usr/src/YOUR PACKAGE
  
  Code:
  cd /usr/src
  wget http://www.torproject.org/dist/tor-0.2.0.15-alpha.tar.gz
  tar xvfz tor-0.2.0.15-alpha.tar.gz
  
  ./configure --prefix=/usr CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=arm9tdmi -march=armv5"
  make & make install
- Create User, Group and Dirs
  
  Code:
  groupadd tor
  useradd -g tor tor
  
  mkdir /var/run/tor
  mkdir /var/log/tor
  chown tor:tor /var/log/tor
  chown tor:tor /var/run/tor
- Tor Config
  
  Code:
  nano /etc/torrc
  
  ADD:
  ExitPolicy reject *:*
  StrictEntryNodes 0
  
  User tor
  Group tor
  PIDFile /var/run/tor/tor.pid
  
  #ControlPort 9051
  #CookieAuthentication 1
  #CookieAuthFile /var/tor/control_auth_cookie
  #CookieAuthFileGroupReadable 1
  
  SocksPort 9050
  SocksListenAddress 192.168.X.Y:9050
  SocksPolicy accept 192.168.X.0/24
  SocksPolicy reject *
  
  DataDirectory /var/tor
  RunAsDaemon 1
  
  # Unverified Nodes sind solche, die nicht im Directory bekannt sind
  # entry|exit|middle|introduction|rendezvous
  AllowUnverifiedNodes middle,rendezvous
  
  FascistFirewall 0
  #ReachableDirAddresses *:8080
  #ReachableORAddresses *:443
  
  # Logging
  SafeLogging 0
  Log err syslog
  #Log notice file /var/log/tor/notice.log
  #Log debug file /var/log/tor/debug.log
  #Log err file /var/log/tor/error.log
  #Log info file /var/log/tor/info.log
  #Log warn file /var/log/tor/warn.log
  
  SafeSocks 1
  TestSocks 1
  ClientOnly 1
  
  # Map Adress fuer Tor - Hidden Services
  # Freenode Tor Onions
  mapaddress 10.40.40.40 mejokbp2brhw4omd.onion
  mapaddress 10.40.40.41 5t7o4shdbhotfuzp.onion
  
  ## Required: what port to advertise for Tor connections.
  #ORPort 9001
  #nickname privacy4me
  
  # Speed up tor
  LongLivedPorts 21, 22, 706, 1863, 5050, 5190, 5222, 5223, 6667, 8300, 8888
  CircuitBuildTimeout 5
  KeepalivePeriod 60
  NewCircuitPeriod 15
  NumEntryGuards 8
  SocksTimeout 30
- Autostart
  
  Code:
  nano /etc/rc.local
  
  ADD:
  tor -f /etc/torrc
- Tor DNS Test
  tor-resolve google.com 192.168.X.Y:9050
Polipo
-> ATTENTION: Only the Version on Lenny will work with socks!!!!!! If you are using Etch you must be compile the latest release.
-> Proxy IP:PORT: 192.168.X.Y:8123
- Install Polipo
  
  Code:
  aptitude install polipo
- Configure Polipo
  
  Code:
  nano /etc/polipo/config
  
  MY CONFIG:
  # Socks & Proxy Options
  proxyAddress = "192.168.X.Y" # IPv4 only
  allowedClients = 127.0.0.1, 192.168.X.0/24
  socksParentProxy = "192.168.X.Y:9050"
  socksProxyType = socks5
  
  # HTTP Server deaktivieren
  disableLocalInterface=true
  disableVia = true
  
  # DNSmasq weiterleitung
  dnsNameServer=192.168.X.Y
  
  # Header
  #censoredHeaders = set-cookie, cookie, cookie2, from, accept-language, x-pad
  #censorReferer = maybe
  
  # Disable on-disk cache and Webserver
  cacheIsShared = false
  diskCacheRoot = ""
  localDocumentRoot = ""
  
  # Disable Cookie Caching
  dontCacheCookies = true
  
  # small RAM Optionen
  chunkHighMark = 819200
  objectHighMark = 128
  
  # Speed up
  dnsQueryIPv6 = no
- Start Polipo
  
  Code:
  /etc/init.d/polipo start
Privoxy
-> I had DNS Problems with Privoxy and so i'm using Polipo.
-> Proxy IP:PORT: 192.168.X.Y:8118
- Install Privoxy
  
  Code:
  aptitude install privoxy
- Configure
  
  Code:
  nano /etc/privoxy/config
  
  ADD:
  listen-address 192.168.X.Y:8118
  forward-socks4a / 192.168.X.Y:9050 .
- Start Privoxy
  
  Code:
  /etc/init.d/privoxy start
Tor Hidden Services / Tor Addons
- IRC freenode (i'm using Pidgin)
  Proxy-Typ: Socks5
  IP: 192.168.X.Y
  Port: 9050
  
  Freenode:
  IP: 10.40.40.40
  Port: 6667
  
  IRC Channel: #linkstationwiki
- ICQ/MSN/AIM/YAHOO (i'm using Pidgin)
  Proxy-Typ: Socks5
  IP: 192.168.X.Y
  Port: 9050
- FireFox Plugin: TorButton
  Download and install: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/2275
- Tor Control - Vidalia on Ubuntu
  -> Install Vidalia
  
  Code:
  cd /usr/src
  wget http://ieloucau.googlepages.com/vidalia_0.0.16-1_i386.deb
  dpkg -i vidalia_0.0.16-1_i386.deb
  
  Configure Tor for remote control connection
  -> Get your Hash Password and copy it to HashedControlPassword (next Step)
  
  Code:
  tor --hash-password
  
  -> Edit your Tor config
  
  Code:
  nano /etc/torrc
  
  ADD:
  ControlPort 9051
  ControlListenAddress 192.168.X.Y:9051
  HashedControlPassword YOUR-TOR-HASH-PASSWORD
  
  Start and Config Vidalia
  Control IP/Port: 192.168.X.Y:9051
  Authendification: Password
- rtorrent
  -> Look at my How To [How to] rtorrent with xmlrpc-c, lighttpd and ntorrent
  
  Code:
  login torrent
  nano ~/.rtorrent.rc
  
  ADD:
  # Privoxy 192.168.X.Y:8118
  # Polipo 192.168.X.Y:8123
  http_proxy = http://192.168.X.Y:8123/
Troubleshooting

Good luck!

Greetz Moon

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