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Telephrag: Added how to connect via bridge since, torrc.sample and other wikis linked here don't have it.

2025-03-31T19:37:41Z

Added how to connect via bridge since, torrc.sample and other wikis linked here don't have it.

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:37, 31 March 2025
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	If Tor connections are blocked in your country, use {{Pkg\|lyrebird}} package for a transparent proxy solution. To allow your tor daemon to use <code>lyrebird</code>, add the following line to your tor config file {{Path\|/etc/tor/torrc}} as follows:{{Cat\|/etc/tor/torrc\|...		If Tor connections are blocked in your country, use {{Pkg\|lyrebird}} package for a transparent proxy solution. To allow your tor daemon to use <code>lyrebird</code>, add the following line to your tor config file {{Path\|/etc/tor/torrc}} as follows:{{Cat\|/etc/tor/torrc\|...
	ClientTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/lyrebird}}		ClientTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/lyrebird}}

			For config changes in {{Path\|/etc/tor/torrc}} to take effect (re)start the tor daemon: {{Cmd\|# rc-service tor restart}}

			In particular countries such as Russia, using {{Pkg\|lyrebird}} might not be enough. In which case, access Tor network via bridge. First get a bridge either from official [https://t.me/GetBridgesBot Telegram bot] or request one using a Tor Browser installed on another machine. Then add the following to your {{Path\|/etc/tor/torrc}}:{{cat\|/etc/tor/torrc\|...
			# Substitute bridge connection arguments with those received when requesting bridges
			# There can be multiple bridges, one line per bridge
			Bridge obfs4 ip:port RSA cert<nowiki>=</nowiki>cert iat-mode<nowiki>=</nowiki>0
			UseBridges 1}}

	For config changes in {{Path\|/etc/tor/torrc}} to take effect (re)start the tor daemon: {{Cmd\|# rc-service tor restart}}		For config changes in {{Path\|/etc/tor/torrc}} to take effect (re)start the tor daemon: {{Cmd\|# rc-service tor restart}}

Telephrag: Reverting due Cat template not working for some reason, sorry the mess.

2025-03-31T17:59:42Z

Reverting due Cat template not working for some reason, sorry the mess.

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:59, 31 March 2025
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	If Tor connections are blocked in your country, use {{Pkg\|lyrebird}} package for a transparent proxy solution. To allow your tor daemon to use <code>lyrebird</code>, add the following line to your tor config file {{Path\|/etc/tor/torrc}} as follows:{{Cat\|/etc/tor/torrc\|...		If Tor connections are blocked in your country, use {{Pkg\|lyrebird}} package for a transparent proxy solution. To allow your tor daemon to use <code>lyrebird</code>, add the following line to your tor config file {{Path\|/etc/tor/torrc}} as follows:{{Cat\|/etc/tor/torrc\|...
	ClientTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/lyrebird}}		ClientTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/lyrebird}}

	In particular countries such as Russia this might not work. In this case, access Tor network via bridge. First get bridges either from official [https://t.me/GetBridgesBot Telegram bot] or request bridges from settings of Tor Browser installed on another machine. Then append to {{Path\|/etc/tor/torrc}} bridge connection arguments:{{Cat\|/etc/tor/torrc\|...
	~~Bridge obfs4 12.34.56.78:90 FINGERPRINTALLCAPS123 cert=verylongcert iat-mode=0~~
	~~UseBridges 1}}~~

	For config changes in {{Path\|/etc/tor/torrc}} to take effect (re)start the tor daemon: {{Cmd\|# rc-service tor restart}}		For config changes in {{Path\|/etc/tor/torrc}} to take effect (re)start the tor daemon: {{Cmd\|# rc-service tor restart}}

Telephrag at 17:57, 31 March 2025

2025-03-31T17:57:49Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:57, 31 March 2025
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	The default configuration should work fine for most Tor users.		The default configuration should work fine for most Tor users.

	If Tor connections are blocked in your country, use {{Pkg\|lyrebird}} package for a transparent proxy ~~soloution~~. To allow your tor daemon to use <code>lyrebird</code>, add the following line to your tor config file {{Path\|/etc/tor/torrc}} as follows:{{Cat\|/etc/tor/torrc\|...		If Tor connections are blocked in your country, use {{Pkg\|lyrebird}} package for a transparent proxy solution. To allow your tor daemon to use <code>lyrebird</code>, add the following line to your tor config file {{Path\|/etc/tor/torrc}} as follows:{{Cat\|/etc/tor/torrc\|...
	ClientTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/lyrebird}}		ClientTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/lyrebird}}

			In particular countries such as Russia this might not work. In this case, access Tor network via bridge. First get bridges either from official [https://t.me/GetBridgesBot Telegram bot] or request bridges from settings of Tor Browser installed on another machine. Then append to {{Path\|/etc/tor/torrc}} bridge connection arguments:{{Cat\|/etc/tor/torrc\|...
			Bridge obfs4 12.34.56.78:90 FINGERPRINTALLCAPS123 cert=verylongcert iat-mode=0
			UseBridges 1}}

	For config changes in {{Path\|/etc/tor/torrc}} to take effect (re)start the tor daemon: {{Cmd\|# rc-service tor restart}}		For config changes in {{Path\|/etc/tor/torrc}} to take effect (re)start the tor daemon: {{Cmd\|# rc-service tor restart}}

Prabuanand: created new page based on postmarketOS wiki as referred by User:fossdd

2025-02-09T10:00:34Z

created new page based on postmarketOS wiki as referred by User:fossdd

New page

The Onion Routing [https://www.torproject.org/ (Tor) project], aims to have a way to use the internet with as much privacy as possible, and the idea was to route traffic through multiple servers and encrypt it each step of the way.

== Installation ==

The Tor daemon can be [[Alpine_Package_Keeper#Add_a_Package|installed]] using the {{pkg|tor}} package. Use [[OpenRC]] to manage the tor service.

{{Note|The official Tor browser can only be installed using [[Flatpak]].}}

== Configuration ==

=== Tor service ===

Tor reads its configurations from the file {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc}} by default, or if the latter is not found, from {{Path|$HOME/.torrc}}. A example configuration with documentation is in the file {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc.sample}}. Logs are written to {{Path|/var/log/tor/notices.log}} by default.

The default configuration should work fine for most Tor users.

If Tor connections are blocked in your country, use {{Pkg|lyrebird}} package for a transparent proxy soloution. To allow your tor daemon to use <code>lyrebird</code>, add the following line to your tor config file {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc}} as follows:{{Cat|/etc/tor/torrc|...
ClientTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/lyrebird}}

For config changes in {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc}} to take effect (re)start the tor daemon: {{Cmd|# rc-service tor restart}}

=== Firefox browser ===

To use the Tor service running on the local host, configure Firefox browser as follows:
* In {{Codeline|Preferences > General > Network Settings > Settings...}} , select {{Codeline|Manual proxy configuration}}.
* Enter {{Codeline|SOCKS}} host {{Codeline|localhost}} with port {{Codeline|9050}} (SOCKS v5).

== Tractor ==

The [https://framagit.org/tractor/tractor Tractor] tool available as {{Pkg|tractor}} package can be used to control the Tor daemon using the versatile GSettings for a personalized TOR experience. The GUI front-end [https://tractor.frama.io/carburetor/ Carburetor] for Tractor is also available as {{Pkg|carburetor}} package.

== See also ==

* [https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Tor postmarketOS wiki]
* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Tor ArchWiki Tor]
* [https://www.torproject.org/ Official Tor website]

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[[Category:Proxy Server]]