Basic, yet detailed, Tor questions.
- From: Me <neverland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:23:42 GMT
Here are some very basic Tor questions, I would appreciate answers for. Thanks.
1. Am I correct that my ISP cannot understand any of my traffic to and from the Net since everything is encypted. I also assume that they cannot see the URL since when that is sent, it is also encrypted.
2. Presumably all my ISP knows is that I connected to the IP address of the first Tor server and the encrypted traffic is going to that server. Of course the first server will change regulaly.
3. I believe I am right in saying that Socks 4a works with the hostname and does not need the IP address to be resolved before sending web traffic. At what point in the me--->privoxy--->tor connection does the "resolving" or equivalent occur. I assume it is done through Privoy as it is the socks client? (So therefore, does socks 4a not have to bother at any point doing URL to IP through DNS, or is it just that it does not have to happen at the beginning of the connection, as is normally the case?)
4. With other applications, how do I ensure the same system applies. For example, using Thundebird, as far as I can see, there is no provision for using a proxy. Also, what about telnet for example? If I telnet to port 23 or whatever, how do I ensure that it is encypted in the same way as web traffic. How do I also ensure the telnet server does not know my IP? (I am using telnet as an example). The same would apply to applications that do not operate within a web browser environment. In the case of ICQ, for example, I believe there is a proxy setting. Presumbably all I would do is sonfigure it to 9050 and that would work. (So Privoxy would not be used)?
Thanks; much appreciated. .
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