Author: phobos Date: 2011-07-07 11:23:55 +0000 (Thu, 07 Jul 2011) New Revision: 24864

Modified: website/trunk/docs/en/tor-doc-unix.wml Log: remove the polipo section. these instructions really should be to just install TBB and be done with it.

Modified: website/trunk/docs/en/tor-doc-unix.wml =================================================================== --- website/trunk/docs/en/tor-doc-unix.wml 2011-07-06 18:48:32 UTC (rev 24863) +++ website/trunk/docs/en/tor-doc-unix.wml 2011-07-07 11:23:55 UTC (rev 24864) @@ -52,47 +52,12 @@ </p>

<hr> - <a id="privoxy"></a> - <a id="polipo"></a> - <h2><a class="anchor" href="#polipo">Step Two: Install Polipo for Web Browsing</a></h2> - <br> - - <p>After installing Tor, you need to configure your applications to use it. - </p> - - <p> - The first step is to set up web browsing. Start by installing <a - href="http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/polipo/%22%3EPolipo</a> from - your favorite repository. Polipo is a caching web proxy that does http - pipelining well, so it's well-suited for Tor's latencies. Make sure - to get at least Polipo 1.0.4, since earlier versions lack the SOCKS support - required to use Polipo with Tor. You should uninstall privoxy at this - point (e.g. apt-get remove privoxy or yum remove privoxy), so they don't - conflict. - </p> - - <p>Once you've installed Polipo (either from package or from - source), <b>you will need to configure Polipo to use Tor</b>. Grab our <a - href="<tbbrepo>/build-scripts/config/polipo.conf">Polipo - configuration for Tor</a> and put it in place of your current polipo - config file (e.g. /etc/polipo/config or ~/.polipo). - You'll need to restart Polipo for the changes to take effect. For - example:<br> - <tt>/etc/init.d/polipo restart</tt> - </p> - - <p>If you prefer, you can instead use Privoxy with <a - href="<wiki>doc/PrivoxyConfig">this - sample Privoxy configuration</a>. But since the config files both use - port 8118, you shouldn't run both Polipo and Privoxy at the same time.</p> - - <hr> <a id="using"></a> - <h2><a class="anchor" href="#using">Step Three: Configure your applications to use Tor</a></h2> + <h2><a class="anchor" href="#using">Step Two: Configure your applications to use Tor</a></h2> <br>

- <p>After installing Tor and Polipo, you need to configure your - applications to use them. The first step is to set up web browsing.</p> + <p>After installing Tor, you need to configure your applications to + use them. The first step is to set up web browsing.</p>

<p>You should use Tor with Firefox and Torbutton, for best safety. Simply install the <a @@ -131,7 +96,7 @@

<hr> <a id="verify"></a> - <h2><a class="anchor" href="#verify">Step Four: Make sure it's working</a></h2> + <h2><a class="anchor" href="#verify">Step Three: Make sure it's working</a></h2> <br>

<p> @@ -169,7 +134,7 @@ <hr> <a id="server"></a> <a id="relay"></a> - <h2><a class="anchor" href="#relay">Step Five: Configure it as a relay</a></h2> + <h2><a class="anchor" href="#relay">Step Four: Configure it as a relay</a></h2> <br>

<p>The Tor network relies on volunteers to donate bandwidth. The more