chaining an additional proxy between Tor and ALL websites

[Fabian Keil]

"JT" <toruser at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> I would like to use chain an additional open http proxy between Tor and
> websites.
> 
> I followed the directions
> http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO#OpenHTTPProxies
> 
> forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .
> forward-socks4a * localhost:9050 146.164.34.14:80
> 
> This doesn't work however. How can I chain a proxy for ALL websites and
> not only for selected ones? The asterisk has no effect.

Please educate yourself about the meaning of the asterisk
in the domain part of Privoxy's URL patterns. The asterisk
may not do what you think it does, but that doesn't mean
that it has no effect at all.

I think you're looking for:
forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 146.164.34.14:80

In my opinion it's a pretty bad idea,
it works nonetheless though.

The wiki's claim an open proxy behind Tor would still provide
"all the anonymity benefits of Tor" is nonsense as you will
always reach the website through the same IP address which
makes it easier to track your requests between visits.

Fabian
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