Does a decent anonymous IP address method exist for a windows xp simpleton?

[Bear Bottoms]

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:45:08 -0500, Joan Battaglia
<joanmaxwell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I'm not real good with windows xp but I would like to find freeware to
> post
> news, send mail, and visit web sites without my ip address always
> pointing
> back directly to me via my isp.
>
> I tried something called Tor freeware but it was so horrid to set up on
> windows xp that I failed miserably.
>
> Is there any simple to set up freeware that works on windows and which
> hides my ip address? When I google, I find so much that I can't separate
> the wheat from the chaff.
>
> A one-word answer is fine as you can help me focus on the one or two
> freeware ip address obfuscators that actually work on windows and which
> are
> easy to set up (easier than that Tor onion thing anyway).
>
> Please tell me which anonymous ip address freeware you recommend that is
> easy to use and set up on windows.

http://letwist.net/operator

OperaTor

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So now you know windows xp simpleton

END OF THREAD

[Joan Battaglia]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:43:32 +0100, Doctor Who wrote:
Based on your recommendations, I tried again on windows xp (failed, again).
Maybe someone can help me identify where my problem lies?

I read the Windows instructions for installing, configuring, & running
TOR/Vidalia/Privoxy
http://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-win32.html.en

I downloaded the windows Tor/Vidalia/Privoxy bundle
http://www.torproject.org/download.html.en

I installed the Tor/Vidalia/Privoxy bundle into c:\privacy\tor\
It seems two items were added to my startup items according to ccleaner
c:\privacy\tor\bundle\privoxy\privoxy.exe
c:\privacy\tor\bundle\vidalia\vidalia.exe

I went to Firefox 2.0.0.8 Tools > Options > Security and unchecked
Warn me when sites try to install add-ons
Otherwise, you won't be able to install Torbutton as Firefox will say
Firefox prevented this site from asking you to install software on your
computer

I installed the recommended Torbutton extension & restarted Firefox
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2275

I checked that the green onion and blue P were on in my tray
I checked the Vidalia Control Panel which said "Tor is running"

I tested the setup; it failed:
http://torcheck.xenobite.eu/
It said "Your IP is NOT identified to be a Tor-EXIT."
"So you are NOT using Tor to reach the web!"
And then it gave me my IP address.

Am I close? Why, after following all instructions, did Tor fail me?

[Joan Battaglia]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:21:21 GMT, Joan Battaglia wrote:
> I tested the setup; it failed:
> http://torcheck.xenobite.eu/
> Am I close? Why, after following all instructions, did Tor fail me?

For debug, I installed the torbutton extension into windows netscape
9.0.0.1 and when I tested it at http://torcheck.xenobite.eu/ it said
Your IP is identified to be a Tor-EXIT.
So you are using Tor successfully to reach the web!

Why would firefox 2.0.0.8 be stopping Tor from working properly?

[Krazee Brenda]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:44:26 +0200 (CEST), Sparky wrote:

> After that you're probably looking at something like Cotse. It's a
> paid service ($5.95/month), but it has the best email on the net and
> about as many ways to hide your IP address from Google and Usenet
> readers as you can imagine. I believe you also get some web space in
> that price, so you can put up a couple pages privately.
>
> http://www.cotse.net

Gieldaware
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[Krazee Brenda]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:34:57 -0700, Anonymous wrote:

> Do not even worry about the spelling and grammar just do it and the so
> called experts do not own the Net it is for everybody newbie and
> experti.So if you get flamed by a so call expert tell them to go ****
> themselves.

Hubby, is that you?
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[jen]

"Doctor Who" <doctorwho@his.surgery> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:33:08 -0700, Joan Battaglia
> <joanmaxwell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:21:21 GMT, Joan Battaglia wrote:
>>> I tested the setup; it failed:
>>> http://torcheck.xenobite.eu/
>>> Am I close? Why, after following all instructions, did Tor fail me?
>>For debug, I installed the torbutton extension into windows netscape
>>9.0.0.1 and when I tested it at http://torcheck.xenobite.eu/ it said
>>Your IP is identified to be a Tor-EXIT.
>>So you are using Tor successfully to reach the web!
>>Why would firefox 2.0.0.8 be stopping Tor from working properly?
> A good question, Joan.
> Do you see a green "Tor Enabled" at bottom right of the Firefox
> screen?
> This is the Torbutton. This is optional. You can still use Tor by
> dafault
> without the Torbutton.
> I was using an earlier version of Firefox and when I saw you mention
> 2.0.0.
> I upgraded mine. I thought maybe it was a bug in the new release.
> Actually
> the latest is 2.0.0.7 and it still works fine for me. Check your
> network config
> Firefox by going > Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Settings:-
> You should have Manual Configuration checked.
> Http Proxy > Localhost Port: 8118
> SSL Proxy > Localhost Port: 8118
> FTP Proxy > blank line Port: 0
> Gopher Proxy > blank line Port: 0
> Socks Host > Localhost Port: 9050
> No Proxy for > localhost, 127.0.0.1
> Also (most importantly) go > Tools > Options > Content and uncheck
> both
> Enable Javascript and Enable Java. However, these options will not
> affect
> the Torcheck site as far as anonymity is concerned, but will affect
> your
> anonymity with some other sites.
> Other than the above I am at a loss. Obviously the easy answer is to
> use
> Netscape 9.0.0.1.

Maybe this will explain the Firefox 2.0.0.8(latest version) problem...
Firefox 2.0.0.8 update to be updated:
http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews...-to-be-updated

-jen

[jen]

"Doctor Who" <doctorwho@his.surgery> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:00:38 -0400, "jen" <jen@example.com> wrote:
>>"Doctor Who" <doctorwho@his.surgery> wrote in message
>>news:r8q1i3pjq2r30jsnh8a600hc0mc3td5set@4ax.com. ..
>>> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:33:08 -0700, Joan Battaglia
>>> <joanmaxwell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:21:21 GMT, Joan Battaglia wrote:
>>>>> I tested the setup; it failed:
>>>>> http://torcheck.xenobite.eu/
>>>>> Am I close? Why, after following all instructions, did Tor fail
>>>>> me?
>>>>For debug, I installed the torbutton extension into windows netscape
>>>>9.0.0.1 and when I tested it at http://torcheck.xenobite.eu/ it said
>>>>Your IP is identified to be a Tor-EXIT.
>>>>So you are using Tor successfully to reach the web!
>>>>Why would firefox 2.0.0.8 be stopping Tor from working properly?
>>> A good question, Joan.
>>> Do you see a green "Tor Enabled" at bottom right of the Firefox
>>> screen?
>>> This is the Torbutton. This is optional. You can still use Tor by
>>> dafault
>>> without the Torbutton.
>>> I was using an earlier version of Firefox and when I saw you mention
>>> 2.0.0.
>>> I upgraded mine. I thought maybe it was a bug in the new release.
>>> Actually
>>> the latest is 2.0.0.7 and it still works fine for me. Check your
>>> network config
>>> Firefox by going > Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Settings:-
>>> You should have Manual Configuration checked.
>>> Http Proxy > Localhost Port: 8118
>>> SSL Proxy > Localhost Port: 8118
>>> FTP Proxy > blank line Port: 0
>>> Gopher Proxy > blank line Port: 0
>>> Socks Host > Localhost Port: 9050
>>> No Proxy for > localhost, 127.0.0.1
>>> Also (most importantly) go > Tools > Options > Content and uncheck
>>> both
>>> Enable Javascript and Enable Java. However, these options will not
>>> affect
>>> the Torcheck site as far as anonymity is concerned, but will affect
>>> your
>>> anonymity with some other sites.
>>> Other than the above I am at a loss. Obviously the easy answer is
>>> to
>>> use
>>> Netscape 9.0.0.1.
>>Maybe this will explain the Firefox 2.0.0.8(latest version) problem...
>>Firefox 2.0.0.8 update to be updated:
>>http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews...-to-be-updated
> Thanks Jen. My versions was an old one. I did an automatic update
> and it chose
> 2.0.0.7 - I (wrongly) assumed it would have downloaded the latest
> (2.0.0.8).

YW, Doc Firefox may be pushing out 2.0.0.7 now until 2.0.0.9 gets
released(real soon now).

-jen

[Anonymous]

Joan Battaglia wrote:

> I checked that the green onion and blue P were on in my tray
> I checked the Vidalia Control Panel which said "Tor is running"
>
> I tested the setup; it failed:
> http://torcheck.xenobite.eu/
> It said "Your IP is NOT identified to be a Tor-EXIT."

Just FYI, the proxy check at xenobite sometimes will not identify Tor
nodes properly. There's a bit of lag between nodes going up and down,
and them propagating through the node list.

> "So you are NOT using Tor to reach the web!"
> And then it gave me my IP address.

If you're sure it's your IP...

Right click on the TorButton icon in FireFox and in it's preferences
make sure you have "Use recommended settings" and "Use Privoxy"
checked. Go through all the other stuff and make sure it's set to
defaults also.

If that fails, eliminate Privoxy from the loop and try again.

>
> Am I close? Why, after following all instructions, did Tor fail me?

Karma.

[Joan Battaglia]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:06:12 +0100, Doctor Who wrote:
> Do you see a green "Tor Enabled" at bottom right of the Firefox screen?
> This is the Torbutton. This is optional. You can still use Tor by dafault
> without the Torbutton.

THAT WAS THE PROBLEM! I did NOT have anything whatsoever on the bottom of
my Firefox 2.0.0.8 windows until I selected "View > Status Bar".
Only then did I see the onion with an X in it.
When I clicked on the X onion, I was able to enable Tor. Woooohooo!

The only problem now is my machine slowed down tremendously all of a sudden
so I don't know why but maybe it's related to Tor.

> You should have Manual Configuration checked.
> Http Proxy > Localhost Port: 8118
> SSL Proxy > Localhost Port: 8118
> FTP Proxy > blank line Port: 0
> Gopher Proxy > blank line Port: 0
> Socks Host > Localhost Port: 9050
> No Proxy for > localhost, 127.0.0.1

Why manual? The windows xp vidalia/privoxy/tor bundle instructions say to
download TorButton and leave all settings at the default which is to use
privoxy which is automatically set up by the bundle.

Also, how do I enable Tor for my newsreader?