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diff --git a/tor/README b/tor/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..69be208 --- /dev/null +++ b/tor/README @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +Tor is a toolset for a wide range of organizations and people that want +to improve their safety and security on the Internet. Using Tor can help +you anonymize web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, IRC, +SSH, and other applications that use the TCP protocol. Tor also +provides a platform on which software developers can build new +applications with built-in anonymity, safety, and privacy features. + +This script requires a 'tor' user/group to exist before running. +The recommended UID/GID is 220. You can create these like so: + groupadd -g 220 tor + useradd -u 220 -g 220 -c "The Onion Router" -d /dev/null \ + -s /bin/false tor + +You can pass another user/group to the script; this is however, less +safe: + TOR_USER=nobody TOR_GROUP=nogroup sh tor.SlackBuild + +The following can be used to start/stop tor automatically: +In file /etc/rc.d/rc.local, add following + if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.tor ]; then + /etc/rc.d/rc.tor start + fi + +In /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown, add following + if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.tor ]; then + /etc/rc.d/rc.tor stop + fi + +torsocks is an optional dependency. See README.SLACKWARE for more +information. + +optional dependencies: +- nacl may provide faster performance on 32-bit systems. + +Take a look at README.SLACKWARE for important notes and read also very +carefully the essential hints that tor developers give you + +https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en#warning |