Author: arma Date: 2011-09-27 09:45:08 +0000 (Tue, 27 Sep 2011) New Revision: 25123 Modified: website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml Log: the original author spelled it correctly in his usenix sec 92 paper. so will we. Modified: website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml =================================================================== --- website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml 2011-09-27 09:42:40 UTC (rev 25122) +++ website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml 2011-09-27 09:45:08 UTC (rev 25123) @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ <li><a href="#TBBSocksPort">I'm on OSX or Linux and I want to run another application through the Tor launched by Tor Browser - Bundle. How do I predict my SOCKS port?</a></li> + Bundle. How do I predict my Socks port?</a></li> <li><a href="#TBBPolipo">I need an HTTP proxy. Where did Polipo go?</a></li> <li><a href="#TBBOtherBrowser">I want to use Chrome/IE/Opera/etc @@ -741,10 +741,10 @@ <a id="TBBSocksPort"></a> <h3><a class="anchor" href="#TBBSocksPort">I'm on OSX or Linux and I want to run another application through the Tor launched by Tor -Browser Bundle. How do I predict my SOCKS port?</a></h3> +Browser Bundle. How do I predict my Socks port?</a></h3> <p> -Typically Tor listens for SOCKS connections on port 9050. TBB +Typically Tor listens for Socks connections on port 9050. TBB on OSX and Linux has an experimental feature where Tor listens on random unused ports rather than a fixed port each time. The goal is to avoid conflicting with a "system" Tor install, @@ -752,14 +752,14 @@ href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/3948">working on a feature</a> where Tor will try the usual ports first and then back off to a random choice if they're already in use. Until then, if you -want to configure some other application to use Tor as a SOCKS proxy, +want to configure some other application to use Tor as a Socks proxy, here's a workaround: </p> <p> In Vidalia, go to Settings->Advanced and uncheck the box that says 'Configure ControlPort automatically'. Click OK and restart TBB. Your -SOCKS port will then be on 9050. +Socks port will then be on 9050. </p> <hr> @@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ If you are trying to use some external application with Tor, step zero should be to <a href="<page download/download>#warning">reread the set of warnings</a> for ways you can screw up. Step one should be to try -to use a SOCKS proxy rather than an http proxy — Tor runs a SOCKS +to use a Socks proxy rather than an http proxy — Tor runs a Socks proxy on port 9050 on Windows, or <a href="#TBBSocksPort">see above</a> for OSX and Linux. </p> @@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ sure there are no spaces between the commas and the list items. </p> <p> - If you want to access a service directly through Tor's SOCKS interface + If you want to access a service directly through Tor's Socks interface (eg. using ssh via connect.c), another option is to set up an internal mapping in your configuration file using <tt>MapAddress</tt>. See the manual page for details.