Hello, can i use some commands to edit my connection how i want?
I need to do this in shell, exist some method for edit my circuit like choose how many nodes to use like just one or more than 3?
Can i choose my exit node on the same command?
Is extremely important that i don’t use some software, i must use shell(terminal)
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Information taken from here: Tor Project: manual
There are ways to manipulate or steer your paths via torrc, you can specify explicit nodes, countries or an IP/IP-Ranges:
ExitNodes node , node , …
MiddleNodes node , node , …
EntryNodes node , node , …
StrictNodes 0 | 1
For playing around it might be fine, when you need anonymity it is not recommended, because you look completely different from the other network…
building a Tor-binary will let you choose how many hops are used when modifying ‘#define DEFAULT_ROUTE_LEN 3’ in ‘src/core/or/or.h’
on Debian/Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install build-essential libevent-dev libssl-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev
mkdir ~/tortest
cd ~/tortest
wget https://dist.torproject.org/tor-0.4.7.2-alpha.tar.gz
tar xfz tor-0.4.7.2-alpha.tar.gz
sed -i 's/DEFAULT_ROUTE_LEN\ 3/DEFAULT_ROUTE_LEN\ 6/' tor-0.4.7.2-alpha/src/core/or/or.h | where 6 is your wanted hop number
./configure --prefix=~/tortest
make
make install
cp etc/torrc.sample etc/torrc
—> adjust your torrc to provide debug.log
mkdir -p ~/tortest/var/lib/tor
mkdir -p ~/tortest/var/log/tor
~/tortest/bin/tor -f ~/tortest/etc/torrc
curl --socks5-hostname localhost:9050 https://check.torproject.org/
—> see ~/tortest/var/log/tor/debug.log for ‘exit circ (length ’
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Thanks for the reply, i think that you have understand correctly what i need but i have some problems with your solution.
I have created a directory with mkdir and downloaded the Tor Project dist, but after make install command nothing else works.
When i run cp tor/torrc.sample tor/torrc i have No such file or directory however i found this guide How to install tor frome source code that i tried to follow but without success, it however doesn’t work because if i send just tor in Shell (after make install command) it doesn’t find nothing and if i run tor from src/app/tor it doesn’t even work…
What i wrong?
And an another important thing is that i must can change this config file when tor is installed on the machine whenever i want.
For example…
Now i install Tor and i have 3 default node
I edit this setting with 6 node circuit
I run Tor and now i have 6 node circuit
I edit this setting with 2 node circuit
I run Tor and now i have 2 node circuit
And more…
sorry - edited this one - there was a typo and that one
then it should work
probably this won’t work so easy - you could compile different versions for different hop-settings - maybe there is a more clever approach, but can’t provide you with…
in ~/tortest/etc/ i have just tor directory, i don’t have torrc file and i seen in else directories and i haven’t found torrc file anywhere, except for etc/tor/torrc.sample that i found correctly…
However, if i understand you do you mean, do you think that can i change this option on torrc file?
In case of yes what i must write inside?
Because if exist some command like ExitNodes {ca} StrictNodes 1 (it is just for an example) where i can declare something like Route_Len 6 everything is done… but i didn’t find nothing like this on the manual page
cp ~/tortest/etc/torrc.sample ~/tortest/etc/torrc
Add
ExitNodes {ca}
StrictNodes 1
and you will exit in Canada…
As far as I know you can’t change hops from config - you have to compile a corresponding binary with the specific DEFAULT_ROUTE_LEN
ok i discard this idea
i found online*1 that the only one torrc command enable you to have a different number of circuit nodes is HiddenServiceSingleHopMode 1 that need to have HiddenServiceNonAnonymousMode 1
that change default tor circuit with 3 nodes in an another with just 1 node but when i write it on torrc my tor browser doesn’t start because it have an error in loading tor circuit, do you have some idea how can i solve it?
Can I ask what exactly are you trying to do?
Sure i’m trying to change circuit nodes number on Tor Browser that it can change in 1 or 2 or more of 3 nodes.
I know that this is not a good idea for anonymity but i’m trying to do it however for a study project and i don’t understand if it is possible or not…
I found 2 methods for do it…
- Change source code before installing tor, but it is not good for what i want to do because i need to can change nodes number when tor browser is installed.
- Change, with torrc file, hop number(so nodes number) to one and yes, it is a good command but i don’t have what i want because i can’t change nodes number to 2 or to more of 3
Forgive me if my English is not good.
I know that 3 nodes is the perfect circuit for the anonymity online but i need(i don’t know if “need” is the correct word to understand my necessity) do it for my study project
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You can use the downloaded Tor Browser and start it from command-line.
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From a second command-line you can kill the tor process e.g.
killall tor, when something likepsmiscis installed. -
Afterwards you start your compiled version of Tor with the specific hop settings. Make sure
9150is set as socks port intorrc. -
Repeat from 2. to change your hops…
After putting this in an interactive script/application using dialog / ncurses you will probably get you better grades than just the 1.-4. PoC…
I don’t want to change my hops, i want to change hops number from 3 to N
Probably then your only option is to modify the source code to accept changes to new_route_len() at runtime…
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Ok, and how can i do what did you say?
What i must to do, when tor is installed on my computer, to change route len with new_route_len() method?
An another question is, is necessary use tor source code or can i use TorBrowser?
If i need tor source code, how can i install correctly to do what i need?
Thanks for the help
If you want a software to behave different from default, you need to modify it.
Like you do, when changing the DEFAULT_ROUTE_LEN in the source and compile it → This change is static and the binary will have the specified route-length baked in.
To make this length dynamic you need to modify way more things in the source → Read the corresponding source, adapt it according to your needs and compile it…
In other words, there is no easy way →
Compile
different versions or learn a little C…
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Ok atari, thanks for your amazing help.
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