[ashaiba]

Does anyone have a great useful and readable tutorial thats easy to use on how to create a proxy on a mac and/or windows?

Also, exactly what are all the features that a proxy can do, besides what I already know.
Can you make yourself anonymous via proxy?

[Dave Hybrid]

You mean on your PC or a website?

[ashaiba]

For a PC

[Carbon]

Creating a proxy would only mean people would be able to use YOU to anonymize their traffic, not the other way around.

Try finding a HTTP proxy on www.xroxy.com.

[ashaiba]

Hey, i got Vidalia now. it runs Tor, but i am unsure on how to use it. is there some sort of detailed tutorial

[Carbon]

Run Privoxy, then right click the onion in your quick launch area (to the left of the time) and hit Enable (I think that's it), then wait a few seconds for it to acquire a route.

You can get TorButton for Firefox (it's an addon) to toggle Vidalia on and off. Otherwise it won't work (you have to input the settings manually).

[ashaiba]

ooo ok. i thought so. well my friend told me that i have to download some servers or something in order for it to fully work. also ive heard this thing on "4chan" where a guy had seven proxies. what does he mean, and is it possible. what does it do and how does it effect you?

[Carbon]

You don't have to set up any server, just download Vidalia. Your friend was probably thinking you wanted to SET UP a proxy yourself which wouldn't give you any anonymity (cause..it's your computer!).

"Seven proxies" is just a meme on 4chan about people trying to track you down through your IP being thwarted by being behind an insane number of proxies. Tor does technically put you through quite a few different "nodes".

[ashaiba]

ah i see thanks.

[ashaiba]

Now, when i use Torbutton, my internet wont work. it says my proxy wont allow internet connection