Tor is a free implementation of anonymity network which protects your privacy over the internet. Tor enable this by providing virtual tunnels to internet application through SOCKS interface. This post will show you how to setup and use Tor to browse the web anonymously.
First of all you need to install tor and privoxy package
apt-get install tor
apt-get install privoxy
Then you need to edit privoxy config file for some quick setup,
sudo vi /etc/privoxy/config
Uncomment “logfile logfile” line by adding a hash symbol at the start of the line.
Add this line at the end of the file
forward-socks4a/localhost:9050
Save the file and restart privoxy service.
sudo /etc/init.d/privoxy restart
You should be able to connect through Tor by using an application which supports SOCK 4a/SOCK 5 interface with port 9050.
In the Firefox Preferences choose Network and Settings. Set the proxy to manual and enter localhost in the SOCKS space and port 9050.Test it out.
