Zyrko podpis 30 sty 2015 11:25 "Andrew Roffey" <and...@roffey.org> napisał(a):
> Squeak: > > Hello, > > > > Relative newbie here, and I was wondering if someone could help me > > with something please. I keep seeing people describing connections to > > the Tor and is VPN connections in the following two ways: > > > > Tor -> VPN > > > > VPN -> Tor > > It is perhaps better described as Tor over VPN and vice-versa. > > > > So if I fire up Tunnelblick, connect to my VPN provider and then > > open TBB which of the above does this describe? And also, is there > > a recommended way of connecting these two technologies? > > I believe this is Tor over VPN which is safe, similar to using a proxy > or Tor bridge to connect to the Tor network. > > > > Another thing I've noticed is in the Tunnelblick client that there is > > an option to connect to a Socks5 proxy, this suggests to me that I > > can send the VPN connection through the Tor network. But I am > > confused as to why one would want to do this, and what the > > benefits/disadvantages might be? > > If you wanted to be pseudonymous to your VPN then this would enable it, > although you would not be anonymous on the internet, only pseudonymous > at most. It is prone to unmasking if you connect your personal > information to the VPN at any time. > > Hope that helps! > > Andrew > > > -- > tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > > -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
