TOR Setup#

Installation / configuration#

First install the tor software on the scharnhorst host (FC5).
I first tried my CentOS 4.5 host, but I could not get the software installed, could not find proper rpms, could not find rpms to install yum either.

Port forwarding 9001#

The ORPort has been configured on 9001, this port configured in my routermodem, so that this port is forwarde to scharnhorst (10.0.0.102)

Edit /etc/tor/torrc#

The following options were uncommented or changed from default:

ORPort 9001
ContactInfo harry.metske@gmail.com
Nickname TorComputerhok
Address scharnhorst.computerhok.nl
RunAsDaemon 1
Log info file /var/log/tor/debug.log
SocksPort 9050

IP address changed ?!#

Now I have had IP address 88.211.133.30 for about 3 years now, and it has changed since ???, I now have 195.241.35.97 .
I don't know if this has anything to do with me setting up a tor node , anyway I changed my CNAME record of www.computerhok.nl, and also torrc:Address to 195.241.35.97.

Verifying your node#

When you tor decides that it's reachable, it will upload a "server descriptor" to the directories. This will let clients know what address, ports, keys, etc your relay is using.
Check it here

Statistics#

I found torstatus.cyberphunk.org , it shows quite a lot of information, it also tells you if you are using tor yourself.
It gives an exensive lists of tor nodes with a lot attributes like

• hostname
• ORPort
• DIRPort
• uptime
• tor version and os
• bandwith info

There you can also zoom in to your own tor node

Install Vidalia#

Install of the Vidalia GUI

Open up System->Preferences->Software Sources and enter these repositories into 3rd Party Repositories:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/adnarim/ubuntu gutsy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/adnarim/ubuntu gutsy main

Then: sudo apt-get install vidalia

Th vialia software cannot show me the stats of a tor node running on another server, so I uninstalled it again.