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Re: Function of Tor

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Subject: Re: Function of Tor
From: Dave Page <grimoire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 10:49:39 +0000
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On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 12:36:36PM +0200, German Erlenkamp wrote:

> I hope that I'm on the right list to post my questions. :)
> I've installed Tor on my Linux system and I see, that there is a
> tor-daemon running (/usr/bin/tor).

> My questions are: a) If I'm browsing the web, Do I use the Tor-System,
> and how could I test this?

You can test by visiting a site which reports your IP address, or by
trying to access a Tor hidden service.

Your best bet is to read through the installation documentation at
http://tor.eff.org/ which will tell you how to test that you have
correctly installed and configured Tor.

Dave
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