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How to Install Tor to Surf Anonymously in Ubuntu Feisty with Firefox

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 15, 2007

[ Thanks to dave for
this link. ]

“This article explains how to set up Tor in Feisty based on my
own experience (with Gnome interface). Tor is a program that allows
one to surf through a local proxy with a routed IP address (so the
webpage you surf does not have a record of your own IP address). I
got it work in Firefox2, so this tutorial will mainly be for
Firefox users (if you use Firefox 1.5 or under, you need to install
Privoxy in addition to the two steps below).

“We will be using apt-get command to install Tor. However, the
Tor copy in Ubuntu universe didn’t work for me. I had to use the
one from noreply.org…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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