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Problem

How to use the torsocks command: Route the traffic of any application through the Tor network. Note: torsocks will assume that it should connect to the Tor SOCKS proxy running at 127.0.0.1:9050 being the defaults of the Tor daemon. More information: <https://manned.org/torsocks>.

Solution

torsocks — Route the traffic of any application through the Tor network. Note: torsocks will assume that it should connect to the Tor SOCKS proxy running at 127.0.0.1:9050 being the defaults of the Tor daemon. More information: <https://manned.org/torsocks>.

Run a command using Tor:

torsocks {{command}}

Enable or disable Tor in this shell:

. torsocks {{on|off}}

Spawn a new Tor enabled shell:

torsocks --shell

Check if current shell is Tor enabled ($LD_PRELOAD value will be empty if disabled):

torsocks show

Isolate traffic through a different Tor circuit, improving anonymity:

torsocks {{[-i|--isolate]}} {{curl https://check.torproject.org/api/ip}}

Connect to a Tor proxy running on a specific address and port:

torsocks {{[-a|--address]}} {{ip_address}} {{[-P|--port]}} {{port}} {{command}}

Code Snippets

Run a command using Tor

torsocks {{command}}

Enable or disable Tor in this shell

. torsocks {{on|off}}

Spawn a new Tor enabled shell

torsocks --shell

Check if current shell is Tor enabled (`$LD_PRELOAD` value will be empty if disabled)

torsocks show

Isolate traffic through a different Tor circuit, improving anonymity

torsocks {{[-i|--isolate]}} {{curl https://check.torproject.org/api/ip}}

Context

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