HOWTO : The Onion Router (Tor) on Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop

Tor Overview



Step 1 :



sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list



Append the following line to the file :



deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org lucid main



Save and exit. Then add the key :



gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv 886DDD89

gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add -



Install tor.



sudo apt-get install tor



Step 2 :



Install Privoxy.



sudo apt-get install privoxy



Edit the configure file of privoxy.



sudo nano /etc/privoxy/config



Append the following line.



forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .



Step 2a (Optional) :



If you are behind firewall or NAT as well as router, you should append the following line at the configure file.



forward 192.168.*.*/ .



Step 3 :



Made sure Tor is working.



sudo /etc/init.d/privoxy start

sudo /etc/init.d/tor start



netstat -a | grep 9050



If the output is similar to the following line, your Tor is working.



tcp 0 0 localhost:9050 *:* LISTEN



Step 4 :



Get "TorButton" addon for Firefox. Then enable/disable it by Ctrl+2.



Step 5 :



You can confirm the Tor is working on the remote side by visiting the following site.



check.torproject.org



Step 6 (Optional) :



If the System start/stop links do not exist, please issue the following commands :



sudo update-rc.d privoxy defaults

sudo update-rc.d tor defaults



Reference



Tor Project

TorButton

WiKi of Tor



That's all! See you.