How do I use Tor as system VPN and cut out some nodes?

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Wiki Links picture Wiki Links · Feb 10, 2012 · Viewed 26.4k times · Source

How can I configure Tor as a VPN and use it so that my system automatically connects to Tor and route all traffic through it?

I've found a couple of pieces of freeware, like FreeCap (forcing programs to use Sock server), but it doesn't really do what I want - I am more looking for a global solution to this problem.

I've also tried to powershell this command:

Netsh winhttp set proxy 127.0.0.1:9050

But in Firefox my IP remains the same :(

I think this will only be effective for winupdate and pure http requests.

Is it also possible to cut out nodes? I think 3 nodes max are pretty secure, is that correct?

Answer

Johan Nilsson picture Johan Nilsson · Feb 11, 2012

https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TransparentProxy has instructions for transparently routing all traffic through Tor. But there is no solution for that on Windows as far as I know. I see two easy options. Put Windows behind another *nix computer that transparently proxy all traffic or run Windows emulated on a system that routes all traffic through Tor. You might also want to try https://tails.boum.org/

Reducing the number of nodes is neither easy or supported since it will reduce your anonymity and cause more problems for the volunteers who run the nodes.

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