It works not only with Firefox, but with a wide variety of other web programs, including a number of chat clients, etc. It is a SOCKS proxy, and thus not limited to only ports 80 (normal web) and 443 (encrypted web), although a few commonly abused ports are blocked on most exit nodes.
However, the pre-configured Firefox it the Tor Browser Bundle (and also JonDoFox, which made some different choices, such as including NoScript even for Windows users) has been configured to increase the security and privacy of your browser for use with Tor so it keeps you more anonymous. With Internet Explorer, you don't get that protection, nor, to my knowledge, is it possible to configure Internet Explorer to provide equivalent protection. However, Internet Explorer's settings are treated as system settings by a number of programs. So if, for example, you wanted you AntiVirus to check for updates through Tor, setting Internet Exploer to use Tor might do the trick. Then again, maybe not: it is optional for other programs to respect Internet Explorer's settings. If you really want to be sure, you'd have to check the settings of your AntiVirus or force it through a socksifier. If I were you, I'd configure IE as best I could, and then go on to use the Tor Browser Bundle or JonDoFox anyway. That way, you'll get the security/privacy enhancements of the pre-configured Firefox, but you'll also get anonymity with applications that respect Internet Explorer's settings, and if you ever need to look at an IE-only webpage anonymously, IE will be ready for you. On 17 April 2011 20:06, <cluelessbos...@safe-mail.net> wrote: > Thanks for the info. Does it only work with Firefox? Can I use it with > Internet Explorer? > > Thanks in advance. > > -------- Original Message -------- > From: Moritz Bartl <mor...@torservers.net> > Apparently from: tor-talk-boun...@lists.torproject.org > To: tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > Subject: Re: [tor-talk] Will TOR interfere with anything on my dell > laptopwith Windows? > Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:17:24 +0200 > >> On 04.04.2011 19:58, cluelessbos...@safe-mail.net wrote: >> > I need to get TOR in able to see a certain website(s). I'm nervous about >> > installing it as I don't want it to interfere with my other existing >> > programs and my windows operating system etc..... does anyone know if >> > this will be seamless? >> > >> > THanks in advance! >> >> Yes. You can choose to download the "portable" Tor Browser Bundle. Or >> you can even install the Vidalia bundle, and all it will do is add the >> Torbutton extension to your Firefox. The rest will stay untouched, and >> you can remove it any time. >> >> Each application you want to use with Tor needs to be configured to use >> it. Many applications can use Tor as a SOCKS proxy properly, but many >> others can not. If you want to use Tor just for websites, all you have >> to do is install the Vidalia bundle (and enable Torbutton in Firefox). >> It is probably good to set up a separate Firefox profile for Tor. >> >> -- >> Moritz Bartl >> https://www.torservers.net/ >> _______________________________________________ >> tor-talk mailing list >> tor-talk@lists.torproject.org >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
