How to install TOR (The Onion Router) on Ubuntu

Tor (The Onion Router) is a system that allows you to establish an anonymous network connection that is protected from listening. It is considered as an anonymous network that provides encrypted data transmission.

Official website: www.torproject.org

Ubuntu/Debian installation example:

sudo apt install tor

To start and stop the process, you can use the following commands:

sudo /etc/init.d/tor status
sudo /etc/init.d/tor stop
sudo /etc/init.d/tor start
sudo service tor status
sudo service tor stop
sudo service tor start

Check if the process is working:

ss -aln | grep 9050

Next, open any browser and in its settings register SOCKS 5 proxies on IP 127.0.0.1 and port 9050.

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