Fwd: Installing Tor on OBSD3.8

[Thomas Wood]

(forgot to reply on-list)

On 8/22/06, joe_schmoe <geek_show at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> Greetings
Hi!
>
> I am contemplating buying the OBSD3.8 CDs and just wanted to double
> check something first before proceeding. I have heard about a program
> called Tor which I think stands for "The Onion Router" - which basically
> anonymizes one's Internet activity (is that correct?).

Correct, but why OBSD3.8? 3.9 is the latest, and 4.0 is coming soon.
Downloads are free, although CDs help the project! OBSD is good for
firewalls.

> I would like to install that on the OBSD3.8 dedicated firewall, so just a couple of
> quick questions:
> 1. What is involved in installing Tor - any special proceedures or any
> gotchas?
I  wouldn't know about this, having not tried it on a firewall.

> 2. Does it have any effect on overall performance?
It will do, Tor routes traffic through several servers across the net
- it WILL slow traffic.

> 3. Is my understanding of the function of Tor accurate and will it
> actually anonymize all machines behind the firewall? Would this extend
> to blocking IP addresses, or does it merely mangle the packet headers?
It will hide your IP address through mangling the packet headers. By
blocking IP addresses, do you mean stopping access to those IPs from
within the network? If so, the OBSD pf can do that natively, of course
there are also more specialised network filtering tools.

>
> Sorry for my cluelessness :)
Everyone's clueless at some times!

>
> Thanks
>
> /j
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