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Re: Question: How to set where you emerge from the Tor Cloud?



See "4.9. Can I control what nodes I use for entry/exit?" at
http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ
Comrade Ringo Kamens
On Dec 2, 2007 5:39 PM, David Hill <tetsuma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That's fine... for this exercise I don't really care about the
> anonymity.   Can you literally describe how to do that?  the UI has me
> a bit confused on how to do this?
>
> thanks
>
> Tetsu
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>
>
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> On Dec 2, 2007 2:27 PM, Ringo Kamens <2600denver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > You can specify which exit node to use, but this makes you less anonymous
> > because tor can't randomize your circuits. The best way (AFAIK) is to block
> > all nodes except those in the particular country you want to use.
> > Comrade Ring Kamens
> >
> >
> >
> > On Dec 2, 2007 5:22 PM, David Hill <tetsuma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hey Folks,
> > >
> > > New to Tor, but love the idea and the functionality.  Privacy is my
> > > business right now, so I find this a great effort.
> > >
> > > I've installed Tor and all on Firefox, and it works great.  Problem is
> > > I can't quite figure out how to control the country from  which I
> > > emerge from the Tor Cloud.  I need this to be able to check how a
> > > particular website treats me based on my in-country IP addresss. e.g.,
> > > I want to go to Facebook through Tor and emerge with a UK IP address
> > > to assess whether Facebook sees me as coming from a UP IP addy.
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > David
> > >
> >
> >
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